Buyback
When is Book Buyback?
The Cobber Bookstore offers three types of Book Buybacks. The Semester
Buyback is held at the front of the store during the last four days of
first and
second semester.
You will need to bring your ID to sell books. You may receive up to 50 percent
of what was paid for the text.
How does the buyback work?
The buyback is one way for you to recycle your books on this campus and
on other campuses around the country.
The bookstore works through a used book wholesaler to conduct the buy.
You may bring in any books you do not wish to keep. When you sign in and
show us your ID you are assigned a number that is written into each of the books
you are selling. Then the buyer
scans your books, totals their value and pays you cash for them.
Usually the buyer will give you the total for all of the books but you
can request a price breakdown and decide to sell books on an individual basis.
Books on the store's booklist for next semester are worth approximately
half of the price you paid and are resold here at seventy-five percent of the
new price. Amounts paid for books
not on our list come from the wholesaler's buying guide and are based on
nationwide demand. These books are
shipped to the used book company's warehouse and resold to other college
bookstores throughout the country.
The Cobber Bookstore, in turn, places orders each semester
with used book wholesaler's for books not previously used on this campus, to
provide a more vast selection of used titles for you.
Most textbooks remain current editions for only two to three years from
their latest publication date so if a textbook is not one you would wish to keep
for your professional or personal library it is best to recycle it as soon as
possible.
How much will I get for my books?
Books that have been requested by the faculty for the next semester will be on
our buyback book list at approximately half of the price you paid until we reach
are demand for the upcoming semester. Books not
being used here next semester will have values ranging from ten to thirty
percent of the price you paid depending on their resale value across the
country. The following are some
variables that could affect what you will receive for your books:
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The bookstore will have acquired as many copies of a book as are needed here so the book is moved from the Cobber Bookstore's buyback book list to the wholesale list to be shipped off campus.
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The book has no monetary value because the publisher is releasing a new edition.
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Wholesaler's warehouse is overstocked.
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Subject matter of the book is too specialized so nationwide demand for that particular title is low.
Why do I need to sign
my name and show my ID?
For your protection we ask all students selling books to sign their names
and show their ID's. If any books
have been reported stolen we can check them against the books coming in and
trace the seller through the number assigned to those books. Please keep your
books in a secure place, especially during buyback season, and if any are stolen
report it immediately campus security and to the bookstore.