Get More for Your Books...

Tis that time again. It's the end of semester. After all that work and energy, it is finally come to an end. But what to do with the hundred of thousands of dollars worth of textbooks ?

Luckily, you have several options. First there is the ever popular, but enormous rip off, your campus bookstore. Most bookstores buy back books to a certain extent.  However, once there quota is filled for the next semester, they stop buying that book. They also only give 50% or less back for books. And personally, there is nothing worth than getting $50 back when you spent over $200 for a textbook.

But no worries, thankfully there are other options. Few people think to sell their books to fellow students who will be taking the class in the following semester. Most students are willing to pay at least half for the book, and you are both doing each other huge favors.

There are also several stores and sites that buy back textbooks for very reasonable prices. First, there is Half Priced Books, http://www.halfpricebooks.com/sell_to_us.html. My only qualm is that they don't always buy everything. They too have limits, and once they reach them they stop buying.

Other sites, like Amazon.com, http://www.amazon.com/ and Cash4Books, http://www.cash4books.net/textbooks/?gclid=COr02bj92KUCFYHc4Aod3nXAkw, also do great jobs at providing students with outlets to sell back their books.

These are only some of the sites out there, so check them out and be sure to pass them along !