Buying and Selling Textbooks
Drive profits fast and easy when you buy and sell textbooks online
More book dealers are turning to online sources to streamline what used to be a lengthy process of buying and selling textbooks. Now, instead of wasting time by cataloging textbooks for sale with online auctions and waiting for the books to sell, you can send your inventory to a professional buy back dealer who usually gives you quick cash for your textbooks after you’ve completed a simple online application. Many even pay the postage it’s going to cost to send your books to them.Whether you’re just starting out in the textbook business or you’re a seasoned book dealer, your best bet is to locate a textbook buy back company with an interactive website. Most of these websites display frequently updated price quote charts for buying new and used textbooks. Take advantage of these online opportunities regardless of the kind of textbooks you are buying or selling:
1. Search for textbook companies offering special programs for book dealers.
2. Start your textbook business with a safe and sure sales policy designed for new dealers.
3. Find a risk-free buyback policy for new and used textbooks.
Buy used textbooks or sell new ones with special sales agreements
Companies that buy textbooks for re-sale with book dealers will make special arrangements tailored to the book dealer's unique situation. Some welcome new textbook dealers who try to earn extra cash by promoting the company's textbooks at college bookstores.
Try: TextbookBuyer.com specializes in buying textbooks only and vows to match any selling price you’ve been offered by other dealers. ValoreBooks.com offers commissions to new textbook agents who agree to market Valore textbooks at colleges and universities nationwide.
Launch your textbook business with a low-risk sales agreement
If you're just starting out in the textbook selling business, you need to find a source that will market your textbook online at low cost to you. Consider a new method known as "book dropshipping" geared to new companies without adequate space to stock a large inventory.
Try: Swapbooks.com has a unique volume seller program that assists you in advertising the textbooks online and doesn’t charge a commission fee until the books have been sold. Collegetextbookbuyers offers a textbook buyback policy, which promises to issue you payment as soon as its staff unpacks and inspects the books you’ve shipped. QualityBooks.com will “dropship” book inventories to new book dealers in return for the dealer promising to advertise the books. You then order only the amount you need—based upon your promotion--without having to purchase a large stock that you may never sell.
Opt for buyback policies that lower your costs and guarantee payment on receipt
Most textbook buyback dealers require only an ISBN code before accepting your shipment of textbooks to buy back. Many will even pay your shipping costs.
Try: Complete the online buyback form at Blue Rectangle by entering the ISBN code located on the textbook itself. California-based Blue Rectangle doesn’t charge you for shipping the textbooks to the company, which has been buying and selling new and used textbooks for about 10 years. BooksIntoCash.com specializes in buybacks for college textbooks, whether new or used. It pays insurance and shipping costs for you to mail the textbooks to the company but doesn’t obligate you to go through with the sale if you’re not completely satisfied with the terms.
- Ask any textbook buyback company about their grading system for textbooks. In particular, have them explain in specific terms what they mean by "new" as opposed to "used" textbooks. Some require that "new" textbooks be in "perfect" physical condition.
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