<p>I'm not sure how other colleges work but at the university I'm going to they have a buyback program for text books and some of my books, which happen to be some of the most expensive ones that I bought (how convenient), so I was wondering what should I do with them now? Do you guys sell them on Ebay or something?</p>
<p>jason444,</p>
<p>I used to have a lot of luck recouping some of my costs on [url=<a href="http://www.half.com%5DHalf.com%5B/url">http://www.half.com]Half.com[/url</a>]. It's run by eBay but focuses on textbooks. Highly recommended and easy to use.</p>
<p>I feel like I don't get an adequate price for them on Ebay or Half.com (some textbooks literally run for pennies, there), I prefer to simply resell them to other students who will probably pay around the same price as I purchased them.</p>
<p>You could also use Amazon, Yahoo, there are hoards of resources for reselling books,</p>
<p>You could also consider donating them to an organization.</p>
<p>Half.com is wondrous for me...other than that try selling them to kids in your dorm.</p>
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<p>If the class is going to be offered again next year, you could wait and sell them back then, though of course that would mean waiting to get your money.</p>
<p>^^ Umm... why is that funny?</p>
<p>yeah you could try facebook marketplace; i've sold two or three books that way (and it's nice because you don't have to mail them--just meet the person on campus somewhere)</p>
<p>they might not take your textbooks because the course isn't being taught next semester at your school or it's an old edition of the book, in which case you probably won't be able to find someone to buy them from you on facebook, so you could try amazon, ebay or maybe wait until the end of the spring semester to see if the bookstore will take them then.</p>
<p>@Lumine: It's funny because he suggested that a college student give his/her most expensive books away for free ?</p>
<p>I recommend Amazon.</p>
<p>how about a local used bookstore?</p>
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<p>She.</p>
<p>And helping the less fortunate, very hilarious.</p>
<p>Yes yes, most college students have so much money that they can happily give away their stuff for free.</p>
<p>S33D,</p>
<p>Happily? Maybe not. Without suffering financial ruin? Most likely.</p>
<p>If there's a new edition, they might be essentially worthless. You might want to check that before going to a lot of effort in trying to sell them.</p>
<p>Ah, "new editions." What a wonderful way to extend the life of your product.</p>
<p>Too many students are buying used copies? Slap in a short chapter on new developments and sell it for a new, inflation-adjusted price! Or hell, adjust for cost of living!</p>
<p>Just don't make it cheaper. New editions can never, ever, under any circumstances, be cheaper.</p>
<p>yeah they told me that it was an old edition and therefor they weren't buying the book back. I checked online for places that buy text books and they wanted to buy it for $1.50</p>