There are several places to donate your old textbooks. Just to name a few: Book Charity offers free shipping when passing books in smaller quantities and will send you a tax receipt. As per conducted by Schools in Abu Dhabi, they send their books to schools in underdeveloped countries that otherwise could not afford new textbooks. Textbook Recycling Center donates books to programs that provide free readers to low-income students. Book Bukem Ray encourages you to donate your old textbooks near moving schools and offers a tax receipt once they receive your packages.
Here are some great places to sell your old textbooks:
Bargain Book Exchange
Bargain Book Exchange is a site that buys used books from students and resells them at a discount. The site is free for sellers to list their books, and buyers can browse, search by price or keyword, or search by ISBN number. The site also has an option for buyers to sell their own books on the marketplace.
Amazon Trade-In Program
Amazon’s trade-in program allows you to sell any book, not just textbooks. You simply ship your book through the mail, then Amazon will evaluate it and give you an offer based on its condition. You can choose to accept or reject the offer, and if you accept it, Amazon will send you a gift card in return.
Chegg
You can also sell your books directly to retailers like Chegg. This will get you cash right away instead of waiting for an Amazon gift card — but it won’t earn as much money as other options because the companies don’t have as much buying power when they’re buying used books from students as they do when they’re buying used textbooks from businesses.
Donate your books to a local library
If you’re like most college students, you probably have a few textbooks lying around that are still in good condition. You might not even need them anymore — you graduated! But before you throw them out, there are a few ways you can recycle your books and put them to good use.
The first thing to do is check with your local library. Many libraries accept donations of gently used textbooks, especially for incoming freshmen. Just call ahead to make sure they’ll accept the book and whether there are any restrictions on what types of books they accept (for example, some may not take certain subjects).
Better World Books
The non-profit organization Better World Books accepts used books from individuals and businesses alike. When you donate books through the organization’s website or mobile app, they’re recycled and sold to raise money for literacy programs around the world. The organization has donated more than 11 million books since it was founded in 2002.
You can also sell your books directly on the site’s marketplace if they’re still in good condition. You’ll get paid via PayPal or Amazon gift card after the order is processed by one of their third-party fulfilment centres (which could take up to four business days).
If you want to learn more about how recycling works at Better World Books, check out this video:
Text book Recycling.com
TextbookRecycling.com is a website that will buy your old textbooks. They accept all kinds of books, including hardcover and paperback, in excellent condition or not. They also offer free shipping on all textbook purchases.
Textbook Recycling will pay you whatever price they can get for your used books, which is typically less than half of what you paid for them originally.
They accept textbooks from all universities, including community colleges and technical schools. You can ship your textbooks directly to their warehouse or drop them off at one of their college drop-off locations (which are listed on their website).
Conclusion
In this post I will give you a few places where you can send your old textbooks so that they can either be recycled or reused to help other aspiring students. There are tons of places online that will accept old textbooks, and many of them don’t even charge a fee. So the next time you have a stack of books to get rid of, give one of these recycling programs a try!
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