3. Pare down your library

Face it, you’re never going to crack open that copy of Middlemarch again. You probably won’t make big money (unless you’re sitting on first edition of The Great Gatsby ), but you can pick up a few bucks by selling your old college texts or other books. Start with a site like BookScouter. which will provide you with quotes from a variety of buyback sites. If you’re a real book hoarder, you can set up an account on a site like Amazon or Abebooks and sell off your library directly.