Are hardcover book club editions worth more or less than any other edition?

I've received alot of books from my mom. Most of them were published 1980- 2005 and she bought them through a book club. I know first editions are the most valued, how do book club editions fair?Are hardcover book club editions worth more or less than any other edition?
Well, there are three ways to look at this. Are they collectable editions, are they hardback or paperback, and how well are they made?



Book club editions are cheaply made compared to the hard back editions sold in bookstores. The pages are generally uneven along the edges; the paper is a poorer grade; the binding is less expensive; the covers and end pages are flimsier and of lesser quality.Are hardcover book club editions worth more or less than any other edition?
Book club editions are not as valuable as original editions, and may not be valuable at all..



If the books are as recent as 1980, your copies probably aren't worth anything special. In order for a first edition to be valuable, it has to be rare. It can either be rare because very many copies weren't printed originally, but then the book gets famous (like "A Confederacy of Dunces") or because it's very old and many copies have been lost/destroyed/ruined by lack of preservation (like a first edition of any classic novel, for example). Not all first editions are worth a lot of money. I have a first edition of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" - but so do about 12 million other people. My copy, although it is a first edition from the first print run, isn't worth anything because it's not rare.



Since you have book club editions, we can assume the books you have are popular and there are many copies available. That means your copies aren't going to be worth any more than their face value, if that.



But who knows - if you wrap them up in acid-free paper and keep them away from moisture and direct light for a hundred-ish years, then they might be worth something someday.



If you want to see if anyone else is selling books like yours, you can start by checking Ebay. Then try alibris.com and abebooks.com, which are online rare book sites.