look, it’s not up to the bookstore. it’s the publishers. i manage a bookstore for a major textbook retailer and it’s a lot more complicated than it seems. on average, we typically stand to make about $5-10 per new textbook sale and $15-25 on a used sale. we want to buy your books back, but we must account for our competitors. so the next time you hear a bookseller tell you we only have 20 books for a class that has 27 students in it, you know why. not to mention, what other product allows you to purchase it and return it for 50% of what you paid for it once you’ve used it and possibly written in it? here’s a little heads up, you can control what the stores sell. a lot of times professors ask for feedback on their books. see, bookstores only bring in books that the teachers select. if a teacher really likes a book and it receives good feedback, we are more apt to buy it back continuously. if your teacher seems to jump around in their text, there is always the option to create a customized text. these are typically substantially less expensive than what the publishers put out. there are less fees that must be paid out to contributors of the text. right now, there are about 20 different custom texts in my store that range from about $6-25, and they are bound and unbound. and one more tip, if you want to sell your books back, do it EARLY. those who wait until the end of their finals week or longer typically miss out on some serious cash.

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To save myself time at the end of the semester I use the buyback tool on the site to see what the book is worth before I head to the buyback counter. That way when they offer me nothing I know I have other options.

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