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Sell your textbooks online once your done with them instead of participating in the colleges buyback. You get way more money for them.

anything a little more specific? is there a site that buys them back at a fixed price, or are you talking about an ebay kinda thing?

Is this only USA textbooks?

I used to do this via Amazon Marketplace. Worked great. For many editions, I made double or triple the paltry sum they bookstores pay. I imagine it would work on eBay as well.

I sell most of mine through half.com, which I believe is a subsidiary of Ebay. I usually buy my texbooks from there as well, and sell them for only a few dollars less than I paid (provided I don't destroy them during the term.)

It doesn't really matter where online you sell them, there are easily a couple of dozen options. The important parts are that both you and the person buying them are getting a better deal. You are not only funding your travels, you are facilitating the education of another individual, whilst sticking it to the publishing syndicates. Bad side where?

Also thought, try craigslist.org

I do my business through half.com/ebay.com. Another option not mentioned yet is myspace. my college is pretty active with selling books on there.

do you also buy the books through these sites? is it worth buying through them?

I do buy them through the sites if I have the time to wait for them to arrive. They are much much cheaper online.

I also check out thrift stores a few weeks after the end of the semester, sometimes I find current text books. Can't get a better deal than a 70 dollar gov book for a dollar.

My college also holds book sales at various times through the year. Different clubs and groups will put them on. Once I got lucky, but I always check any time I see a sale going on.