Every student faces the problem of what to do with old textbooks. Most bookstores will offer to buy them back, but at drastically reduced price. So, what other options do students have?

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Contributed By Mark Walters.

It’s a question that comes round yearly for every student, everywhere – Should I keep my used textbooks or sell them?

Many students choose to get rid of their textbooks so they can have some money to purchase the necessary textbooks for the next semester. But most buy-back stores or college bookstores will only give you half of what you paid for them. Not a great deal, you say to yourself.

You can’t blame the bookstores because, afterall, they are the middleman. They will be more than happy to take your trade-ins for half the price of a new book, flip them over to other college bookstores or place them right back on their bookshelf with a huge markup.

So, is selling your used textbooks back to the store you bought them from the only option? Or, is there a better deal out there for you?

I’ll give you a little hint – think what you would do if you were selling a used car. You will probably get the worst deal selling it back to a car dealer. Why is that? Because they have plenty of people trying to do the same. They’re able to offer you a low price because if you don’t accept it someone else will.

If not selling back to a dealership, your best bet is to sell it yourself directly to another buyer. This way there is no middleman involved in the transaction which gives both parties the best price.

The same can be done with textbooks. One option is to try listing your textbooks on Craigslist for free and hope someone is looking for the same exact book. A more efficient option is to use a textbook exchange website. This are specially designed for this purpose and have people browsing the site for one reason only – to buy textbooks!

In addition to cutting the middleman, another cool feature is that you can set up book agents, or email alerts where you will get an instant email notification whenever another student lists a textbook that you are looking for.

Believe me, I’ve looked long and hard for a site like this.

One word of caution though before you start turning your old textbooks into hard cash; be sure to do your research before signing up with a textbook exchange website as someone as less trustworthy than others. Check out some reviews first though, and you’ll have no problems.

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