Amazon Student App Buys Back Textbooks

Any college student could tell you, every semester begins with a daunting task. No, not moving in. Nope, it's not getting your parents to say goodbye quickly and get on the road. The dreaded task is buying new textbooks. That money you saved up working at a horrible retail job over the summer? That's quickly is cut in half, all in the name of some books you may end up using only a few times.

Because of this, students go through another ritual at the end of the year: trading in their textbooks. Unfortunately, most campus bookstores are incredibly cheap, and they'll often turn books away if a new edition has come out. So, unless you've kept your book in excellent condition, and the professor is using the same book for their class next year, don't expect to get much of anything for your books. Half price is a long shot.
Amazon has a solution for you below.

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