<p>Does anyone else hate getting rid of textbooks as much as me?</p>
<p>I bought a book from my school (would've liked to rent it but I couldn't find it) and I went to try and sell it back but it turns out they changed the book they use so they won't take it. I've looked up the ISBN but I always come up emptyhanded, so I can't sell it back to any textbook buying website. When I look it up by name, I only find the hardcover version which I know is different. Even on the publisher's website, it won't come up.</p>
<p>Anyone else have this much trouble getting rid of a textbook? Will I be forced to let a $200 book collect dust? Any help is appreciated</p>
<p>Try selling it on eBay. You never know who may need to buy it. Also, believe it or not, some professors allow students to buy older editions because of cost. So if your school has a Facebook page, I’d try to sell it on there also.</p>
<p>I’ve sold most of them on Facebook or through a textbook swap my department has. I did sell one back to the bookstore since I bought it for less than they paid back and I would only get a few dollars more on the internet. Generally the bookstore gives the least money.</p>
<p>Was this a book that was specific to your school or a custom edition that your school did of a textbook? I just find it weird that you can’t locate the textbook anywhere. Even if it was an old edition, you should at least be able to see that it existed at one point somewhere. I know my school would often have their own “custom edition” of textbooks, where they would select particular chapters of a normal textbook and reprint it with a new ISBN. That might explain why you’re not able to locate the book based on the ISBN, and it could be why the hardcover version is different.</p>
<p>I’ve never had problems re-selling textbooks, but if this is a custom edition specific to your class, that could be why you’re having so much trouble re-selling it. Try facebook groups specific to your school, or perhaps, ebay. It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to recoup a $200 cost, especially if this class no longer uses the textbook.</p>
<p>You can also sell your books on Amazon, but they can take a pretty large chunk of what you get for it.</p>
<p>It might be a custom book, so that might be why I can’t find it anywhere. It’s tied together with a web program (that we never used) so that’s why it might be different than the hardcover. Unfortunately the class I used it for was at a small community college, so I’m not sure how many other schools use this version of the book. There isn’t a Facebook page for the school, so I guess I’ll just put it up on eBay or amazon for at least half of what I paid for and see what I can get.</p>
<p>If there’s interest at your school, you could start a facebook page for buying and selling textbooks at your school. Depending on how long you’re going to be there, it may or may not be helpful to you in particular, but it could be helpful to other students in the future.</p>