[Emme]

Between my brother & I, we have about 60 that are mostly pre-med, med school & pharmacy school textbooks. Recent within the past 5 years or so. I have a lot of non-textbooks too.

I put about half of the ISBNs into bookscouter so far, some are decent but a lot are coming back under the minimum buyback price. The only other selling methods I can think of would be marketplace, mercari & eBay. What am I missing?

[Mary]

Do you have a local university? School bookstores often buy used textbooks.

[Joan]

Worth very little…. Libraries don’t want ‘old’ college books… even from ten years ago … I have thrown out so many of my sons college books.

[Lin]

eBay & Marketplace.

[Jean]

There is really no resale value on used textbooks unless they are the latest edition.

[Dorothy]

Scan them in Bookscouter app to see if they’re worth anything.

[Jean]

You can usually only get money if the book is a current addition that someone needs, as they change often. Sell back to the college.

[Linda]

You’re not missing anything – they’re likely worth relatively little.

I used to work for a book buy-back group – books have to be most recent editions, sometimes one back can get you a few dollars too, but it really varies. It’s a real industry.

Try selling at the actual colleges/universities or online places they frequent, in order to sell to students who can’t afford new ones.

There is a lot of handling that has to be done by these in between buyers/sellers so they pay very little.

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[Deborah]

Colleges have a web sites but only if a person needs a certain book then it would sell

[Bethany]

After one or two years, the next edition comes out, and so they’re basically worthless. I would get the minimum value for some of those.

[Cathy]

Donate to an organization that will use them elsewhere and receive a tax credit. That may prove to be your best option.

[Amy]

Donate – They are basically worthless depending on how long you have had them.

[Robbi]

There is company’s online that will buy books. My daughter sold hers that way. She entered book name, author condition etc. And they would say yes or no & how much they pay.

You can always pass if you think you can get more.

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