Neither. I'm just astounded at the dismissal of trying to sell used books to a used book store.

My (closest) used book store specifically asks for "Any new releases from the last few months hardcover or paperback." They have lots of hardback books, as do the other five used book stores in town that I can think of.

I mean, are you going to get a huge amount of money for them? No. But it's better than throwing them in the dumpster. And most of them will take your books and donate them to charity if they don't want them to sell themselves.