Edit ArticleHow to Sell College Books Online Some college books cost more than $100, which can be a major investment. You might want to keep some college books as reference material for use during your career or a later class, but selling college books online is an attractive option if you're positive you won't use them again. You free up shelf space and recoup some of the original textbook cost at the same time. Collect the college books you'd like to sell and weed out any that contain the following (which might cause book buyers to turn the book down): Water damage or smoke damage. Pet, mold or smoke smell, or any other strong odors. If the book is just a little musty, putting it in a place with good sun and air circulation for a little while might help. Highlighting, underlining or other writing. Some online book buyers will accept these books if less than a given percentage (for example, 20 percent) of the content is highlighted or underlined. Others won't accept books with any highlighting or underlining at all.

You might be able to straighten these out, but as with the highlighting, some buyers are pickier than others. Excessive fading, tears or other damage to the cover. If your book has major wear and tear, the buyers probably won't want it.It's usually important that books aren't missing pages. Jot down the publishing date and the edition of the book on the inside cover. Most book buyback services will want only the latest edition of books, although it's still worth the effort of saving and offering other recent editions. Enter each book's 10- or 13-digit ISBN number into any of the following book-buying websites. (Some sites allow you to enter multiple ISBNs on separate lines in the same field.) Copy and paste the ISBNs into several book-buying websites to get a comparative range of prices. Not every site will want every book you offer, and you'll likely receive a variety of price offers. You can pick and choose, sending each book to the buyer that offers the best price.

Some sites will not make small, low-value purchases. They will require your book(s) to be worth at least a minimum amount (say, $10) before they'll deal with you. Once you've decided on a book buyer and selected which books to sell, print out a free shipping label from the buyer's website. You should never pay for shipping textbooks that you sell. Package the books as directed on the book-buying website, and mail them off. Read through the terms and agreements carefully before you ship the books. Most book buyers won't pay you until they receive your books and confirm that they're in the promised condition. You can also sell college textbooks via online marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon Marketplace. Because you sell directly to a private buyer through these sites, you might be able to make more than if you sell your books to a professional buying service. Direct sales are less certain, however, because there's no guarantee you'll find a buyer. With most online book-buying services, you receive a guaranteed payment as soon as the service receives your shipped books.

Then they handle the reselling.Vertical Blinds Fall Down Most online auction and marketplace sites charge a small listing fee or a small percentage of the price of your textbooks. Full Length Plate Glass MirrorIf you'd like to sell the books online yourself but don't want to pay those fees, either visit forums dedicated to the subject you're studying or use a free online classified service such as Craigslist.Obey T Shirts On Sale , which will compare buying prices from as many as 40 or more book-buying sites.Thank you for using our site. Unfortunately the page you are trying toaccess is no longer available. If you feel you've gotten this message inerror please contact us at the bookstore.Sell textbooks back to us! Get money for your unwanted books Enter the ISBN below and find out if we buy it back

Use the Buyback Search Enter the ISBN (found close to the barcode on the book) and see if we buy it back. Bring your eligible textbooks into any Co-op store. It doesn't matter where you bought the book. We'll give you back the price you see on the results and deposit the money back to the card account you paid with, or issue a Co-op Gift Card. (No cash payouts) Choose to have your money refunded in Co-op Gift Card form and receive an extra 10% of the amount you’re receiving back! Just a heads up - you will need some form of photo ID when selling us back your textbooks. Buyback is only available in person in-store. The Co-op will only buy back selected text books so check the ISBN in our Buyback Search before heading in-store. We will update the list as often as possible however once we have reached our buyback capacity on any title, we reserve the right to refuse books which may still be listed online. Members and customers wishing to accept their buyback payment in the form of Co-op gift vouchers will receive an additional 10% of the amount being offered (i.e. offer = $40, gift voucher offer = $44).

How does the Textbook Rental process work? How fast can I get my textbook rental? Can I extend the rental term of my textbook rentals? Can I purchase my textbook rentals? What if I do not return my textbook rentals? View all FAQs Contact Us Rent Medical Science TextbooksHow To Sell Back Used Books Do you have a textbook you no longer need? Looking to make cash on that textbook? Don't want to mail your book away somewhere and wait for your Cash? Several Campus Bookstores have merged their Textbook buy-back lists for access by students on or near participating Schools. The purpose of the facility is to increase the resale market for used books, to make more used books available for resale at Campus Bookstores at reduced prices, and to provide more options for students to help manage their textbook budget. How is the Buyback Price determined? The pricing formula isn't too complicated;it contains 3 levels and depends upon who is buying the book.

Here''s how it breaks down: 1. If the York University Bookstore is buying your book (i.e. the book is being used on a course at York and the bookstore is not already fully stocked for this title), you will receive approximately 50% of our current new book price. We call that the "Home Price". If we we are buying a particular book, we will have a quota based on our current stock and the number of students enrolled in the course on which it used. Once we have purchased our quota, the system automatically switches over to the next category of buyer: other campus bookstores. 2. If your book is being bought by another campus bookstore in our buyback network**, you will receive approximately 30% of the current new book price (much of the difference in price is to cover the shipping and handling to send the books across the country). We call this the "Away Price"Some of these stores include Concordia, U of T, UBC, Queens, Brock & Western. Like the York University Bookstore, these other campus bookstores set quotas for the titles that they buy. 

Once one store has met its quota then the buying continues for the next in the queue until no more copies are being bought for other campus bookstores. Then the system switches automatically to the next category of buyer: used textbook wholesalers. 3. If neither the York University Bookstore nor the other campus bookstores are buying your book (because everyone is fully stocked or the book is not being used this term), then the last buyers are textbook wholesalers operating out of the US. Unlike campus bookstores, the wholesalers do not fix their prices as a percentage of the current new price but instead set their bids based on their "guesstimate" of the demand for each title. Sometimes when a book is not being widely used the result can be a very low bid price. For example, rather than controlling the number of copies that they need by setting a quota, the wholesalers use price to control their supply. If they don''t want many copies of a book they will offer a low price for it.

If they want a lot of copies they will offer a higher price. So when you get a very low bid price on a book it means a) that the wholesaler bid is the top bid because none of the campus bookstores are currently buying it, and b) that the wholesalers don''t think they need many copies of that book. What can I do if I find the price offered too low? If the book has not yet been adopted on any campus you can list the books, in fact, you can list all of your books in BuyBack Alerts. As soon as a participating campus adds the title you will be notified by email of the price. How firm is the price? The demand for the book is finite and is maintained in real time. The demand decreases instantly with every sale and can expire quickly as other students line up across North America at end of terms to sell their books. I attend a school in another town. When I go home can I sell my book back to the university/college in my hometown?and we encourage the practice but remember demand can expire quickly so get there quickly.

Also, please make sure that the university/college in your hometown is buying your book. What happens if demand expires before I get to my nearest store? Sorry, you are out of luck. You can list the book in resale registration and when another campus adopts the book you will be notified by email. What happens if I am notified by email and demand expires before I get to the nearest store? Sorry again but it is due to the real time nature of the system. The local store has no control over the demand for a book or the numbers needed at another school. How does my book get to the other Campuses? Your home or nearest participating bookstore will pay you the cash and look after shipping the books to the campus with the demand. Do you buy study guides or CD ROMS ? Some schools do, some don''t. As long as it has an ISBN number you can search and won't miss any opportunities at participating schools. International Standard Book Number. All books have one and each edition of a title has a different ISBN.

Can I sell a book I originally purchased used? Yes, you will receive about 50% of the new list price if it will be used on your home campus and about 30% of the new list price if used elsewhere. Does the previous edition of my text have resale value? Not usually, and the system buys based on ISBN to ensure the correct and most current edition is purchased. Can I sell back books in any condition? The decision belongs to the buyer at each school. We want used books not abused books and reserve the right to refuse to purchase damaged books or books that are unlikely to be repurchased by other students. Why are there not more titles on the list? Late adoptions or a change in editions, a different book being used on the same course are some of the reasons. Only those books that are certain to be used on a campus make it to the list. Ask your instructors to adopt early and adopt the same book to help increase the numbers and value of used textbooks. There's an app for that!