BUYBACK TIPS TO SELL YOUR TEXTBOOKS

This is the most magnificent time of the year. That's right: courses are over, final projects have been removed, and - oh, yeah – it's time to sell your textbooks. (Yeah! Cash!) We have some buyback suggestions for you to ensure that you receive the maximum money for your books.

Essentially, the first rule of Textbook Buyback is the sole law of textbook purchase and something Mother taught you long ago: to others.

When students attempt to sell their books to us and refuse a book, they become angry. "Why didn't you purchase my copy of 'A Viral Cat Historical Survey?' You stated it was valued at $30!" Yes - provided our excellent Textbook Buyback criteria are met. And sadly, gray pizza smears don't cut (sorry, Grumpy Cat).

Did you know that when you sell your textbooks to us, we check every page manually? It's true. It's true. For pizza stains, ripped or missing pages, and other sorts of damage. When you purchase a book from us, we can stand by our word - and our attitude is "happy you, happy us." And it's worth selling to one of your colleagues, too.

So what are we searching for when we get your letter buyback? Anything and everything that follows. Cue the theme song of Star Wars.

1. Too much handwriting & notes

Some handwriting and marginal notes are allowed, but less than 50% of the book is required. The same applies to emphasis - less than half of the text is permitted. Choose the best Used Book Supplier for a better choice.

2. Lost & Torn Pages

So in Homer's "The Iliad" and – poof! – The scenario of Hector vs. Achilles is gone. Okay, uncool? Right. We do not accept books with pages that are loose or torn. (Tell us – do it to others.) Prefer the best Used Book Supplier for perfect services.

3. Broken binding and splintering spines.

As the children say, Crack is wack. This also applies to your book bindings. Broken, broken, and divided bindings lead to losing pages.

4. Damage coverage

Whether broken, twisted, ripped, missing, or damaged – cover problems cannot. If Fido has its way with your macroeconomics book - look at this beautiful gnawed version – we can't save your purchase quotation.

5. Stains, Damage to Water & Mold 

A leaking water bottle, sessions of your bath tub, buffalo wing snacks – no-no attacks after the semester may mean no-dollars. In the "sorry, no can do" category, we have wavy pages, water stains, black mildew, and brilliant orange-stranded pages.

6. Access codes used

We can't sell it to another student in turn if you've used, accessed, or disclosed an access code or an online lab key that comes with a textbook. You may be able to return specific ISBNs as "text-only" - if that option is available, the checkout will show that.

Conclusion

Some good news, finally! The emphasis is usually allowed (few!), anywhere from a little too a great deal, provided the text underneath is readable and there are no excessive notes or emphasis.

We don't purchase teacher editions, foreign editions, full workbooks with more than five pages, books with missing elements (CDs, DVDs, study guides, etc.)