Wikibooks - a collection of open-content textbooks that anyone can edit

Open-source textbooks on any topic, in any language, available to anyone, anywhere, for free. Wikibooks,set up on July 10, 2003 is a project of the Wikimedia, the folks who brought you Wikipedia. Consisting of over 11,000 books, the textbooks on the site are all released under an open content license; that means that they are free forever. No one can keep you from using these materials, modifying them or distributing them. Also, the license guarantees that any works that are derived from these materials will be similarly free to modify and distribute, forever. Free textbooks and more info can be found at http://en.wikibooks.org

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Textbook Buyback

College textbook buyback or sell textbooks at auction - make the best choice.

One way to keep your total textbook costs low is to get the most for your used textbooks at the end of the course. Buyback college textbook sites are one choice but college textbook stores buyback at are a percent of market value. Textbook sell back or textbook buybacks are faster than selling textbooks at auction sites. College textbook buyback is a quick transaction vs the time to sell college textbooks yourself. If you sell your textbook yourself you may get full market value. So, sell college textbook online yourself or use textbook buybacks? I recommend using our Quick Compare book price finder to find the current used textbook market value in real-time. This way you will know the differance between selling yourself or unloading by textbook buyback.
One you decise which method to use here are my top picks:

Sell Your Used College Textbooks - Fixed Price
and Auctions

Half.com, eBay, GetCheapBooks, Amazon.com, and StudentListing.

College Textbook Buyback

eCampus, Barnes & Noble, Booksvalue.com, and Bookbyte


View a complete textbook sellers masterlist

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Reducing College Textbook Costs

Buy Used College Textbooks. - No shocker here:
80% of textbooks sold each year are used, but here are some important
details:

• Make sure the book you are looking at is the correct
  version or release by using the ISBN to verify. Check out the campus
  bookstore; this will establish your local maximum price,
  plus you can get the ISBN confirmed.
  
• Ask your professor if an older version is OK. It could
  be as much as half the price. Don't go back more than one edition.
  Use the index to find the information in your previous edition when
  the instructors tell the students with the new (expensive) book what
  pages to read.
  
• There is no suggested retail price on used discount textbooks,
  so shop around. However, used textbook inventories change quickly,
  so use a real-time quick comparison tool like Quick
  Compare to locate your discount college textbooks.
  
• Buying from individuals on marketplaces like Amazon
  Marketplace and Half.com may be
  cheapest but look at the location of the seller and shipping methods
  offered. Media Mail can take two weeks from coast to coast. Follow
  up after the purchase to make sure it has been shipped.
  
• Check the bulletin boards at school for used book ads
  or buy used books from students in the classes ahead of you. Watch
  for or organize textbook swap parties.
  
• Consider the resale value as you use the book. Textbook
  care affects its condition and resale value. Reduce overall cost
  by maximizing resale value.
  
• Put you book on the market ASAP after finals. Don't
  jump the gun and list too early; most services require you to ship
  the book within two days of its sale.
  
• Get the best price by selling it yourself. I
  have found the best demand (quickest sales) from Amazon and Half.com but don't overlook the convenience and speed of selling it to a online book seller like eCampus (a little cash in hand could be better than unsold inventory online) See our textbook buyback page for more choices.

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