<p>Do you get decent $ back when you sell ones at the end of the semester that you bought new? Do a lot of people keep the textbooks for classes in their major (in case they need to refer back to them later, like in grad school)?</p>
<p>… my god…</p>
<p>If you can find a buyer, sure. But you won’t get anything from a store.</p>
<p>I don’t care about keeping my early stuff. Later though it’ll be cool to have the engineering books in my house.</p>
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So the bookstores really don’t buy them back for much like they say they do?</p>
<p>At my school, the bookstore rebought a $160 Calc textbook for 10 or 15 bucks. </p>
<p>I suggest reselling to amazon for store credit. I got around 60 for that same calc book. You might prefer cash, but you can really get anything off amazon, or save the credit for buying books for the next semester</p>
<p>You could probably get more money selling them on ebay or amazon. Also, it might help if you save the ones you think you’ll need later for reference. I’ve noticed that many people regret getting rid of old notes to early so if you already have everything you need in your notes just sell the book and save the notes. </p>
<p>And if you have younger siblings maybe you can save the requirement course books for them if they plan on attending the same college. That’s what I’m planning to do with my younger sister. Apparently, there are professors that use the same book for decades.</p>
<p>LOL. not to sound mean…but you need to seriously chill out about this whole college thing.I’m sure you’ll be fine. Also please learn how to utilize the search function and how to call up your school for more specific questions :D</p>
<p>I saved my History books for reference/enjoyment purposes, but sold everything else to amazon.</p>
<p>No, I have never gotten good prices from my university bookstore on used books. You may want to look into renting.</p>
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Unless you can’t afford your textbooks to begin with, never rent. You are losing money and valuable references.</p>
<p>The bookstore at my college buys them back for a reasonable amount, but I might have made a little more selling them on Amazon.</p>
<p>There are two big book-buying mistakes that everyone seems to make when they start college:</p>
<p>1.) panicking because they just have to have their books on the very first day of class. Never buy your books before the first day unless your professor sends you an email suggesting that you do so. Many times you’ll go to the first day of class only to realize you won’t need the book at all or it’s okay to buy an older edition, which will usually cost significantly less. Other times the book might be “required” but then you’ll never really have to use it. I had a teacher last year insist that you couldn’t get an A on his tests or in the class unless you had the book and were reading it. All I did was take notes, and I got an A on all the tests and for the class. </p>
<p>2.) buying only at the school bookstore. Buy your books at a local used bookstore or online. There are always used bookstores around college campuses, and you’ll know who they are because they like to pass out info. about their store on campus. These places really do tend to be cheaper, and they’ll typically give you more money when you return the books too. Some have contracts that promise you a certain amount of money when you return the book. A common thing at a school bookstore is for them to say “oh, we’re not using this edition anymore” and there goes your $150.</p>
<p>Finally, I never keep my books because I could just make money off of them instead 
Unless maybe you’re in some really specific science or engineering major you could probably find any information from your textbook for free at a library.</p>
<p>I keep my engineering books I think will possibly apply to my career later in life, like thermo and dynamics, but the rest (calc, diffeq, statics, whatever) I’ve sold back. Sometimes I just want fast cash so I’ll sell them back to whomever, but when I did want to get a large portion of my money back, I sold mine on ebay’s textbook site (I can’t remember the name right now) and just sold it for $1 less than whatever the lowest listed price was, and sold all of them extremely quickly, and at a good cost.</p>