How do I Know if a Book is Valuable?

Question

Twilight Book, has First Edition 2005
Line Number is 10 9
How do I know if this book is a worthy colletables items?

Answer 1

Applying rules of economics, the value of the book can usually be determined in general by it's lack of being readily accessible to the public at large (think supply and demand). In the printing industry, the most valued books are normally those that are original productions of a work that is no longer in print or has become a part of popular culture. And while the Twilight series of books are popular and your copy may have additional value today if it is autographed, you might find that your unautographed copy will sell right now for less than what you paid for it. But, you may be able to see its worth turn into real money if you kept it in mint condition for about 20 years or so.

Answer 2

A book is valuable if it is the First Edition, it is the same year of the book's release (when it's first available for sale), and if ALL of the numbers are there: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. (Some books only go to 5.) What you have is the first edition of the book and it is in it's NINTH printing. I'm afraid it's not TOO valuable. You can check e-bay though. And if she ever does a book signing, an autographed book (that's not addressed to anyone) may help you sell the book, but since it's such a later printing, probably not too much.

If you want to start collecting books, I would suggest going to second-hand bookstores and checking what they have. You just have to make sure that the book is the first editing AND the first printing.

Another thing is bound galleys (copies of the unfinished books that are distributed to get quotes and the like) and ARCs at second-hand bookstores. They're cheap (although they are meant to be free and not for resale), and can often bring in more money than the finished books, if the author and title is big enough. For example, a bound galley of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" sold for lots more than a first edition, first printing of the book because the bound galley was unfinished, so it still had mistakes that are not in the bound books. Get it?

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

how hard is it to get is my guess ive got a simillar problem a1905 belles letters series poems of colridge has come in to my possion not only was it done by a great man who was a high scool english teacher noones heard of him ive found a small little obituary about the author andrew j george. in the n.y. times in 1907.my book was published by d.c. heath co.wich has since wsold there selfs to the chicgo college for 50 thousthand dollars.back in 1915 are so.to me it pricless because of what it contains .but ive searched all over the net the more i come up with nothing the more rare my book is to me.my advice chech the internet.if anyone can help me email me thanks

Answer 4

The value of the book depends upon how much you paid for it..if you sell it for a profit then the profit is the value of IT...

Answer 5

Probably not, at least not NOW, it could be valuable in 20 years or so, so hold on to it.

The ONLY way it's valueable now is if it has a SERIOUS defect (like an upside down page)

OR if it's signed by the author

Answer 6

Library will put it in reference section and your common sense

Answer 7

You can buy those expensive books on it, but I think the best way is to do a search on ebay and check out the amount of people bidding on an item - that's "real" life market research in my opinion.

Everybody goes on ebay - especially collectors.

Answer 8

It's only two years old, so it's probably not worth much yet. Hold onto it for another eight years or so and it will probably be worth at least two or three times what you paid for it. If you can get it signed by the author, that will increase its value significantly.

Answer 9

See what's it's going for online. Try Ebay etc.

Answer 10

I had a similar situation and I did research online just typing in the title and edition and found a site selling it so I was able to tell the value of the book.