Textbook Buyback Policy

End-of-Semester Book Buyback

May 6 - 9, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Mary Commons and Sexton Commons

Stop by either location to sell your books back.  You don't need your receipt, and you don't need to sell the books back at the location you purchased them, you can bring them to whichever location is most convenient for you.

Also receive a "Bonus Buck" to see if you won a prize.  Over 100 prizes given away at each location.  Prizes include Gift Cards valued from $25 to $100, beverages and candy bars. 

 

WHAT AFFECTS THE RESALE VALUE OF YOUR BOOK?

• Instructor has notified the Bookstore that your book will be reused and the Bookstore needs additional quantities
• Instructor has discontinued use of your book or has not notified the Bookstore that your book will be used again
• The Bookstore already has sufficient quantities of your book
• Your book has been published in an updated version and has little or no dollar value
• The condition of your book may be too poor or incomplete to be resold – i.e. study guides, workbooks, textbooks with discs, maps, charts, etc.
• National demand determines resale value of books that have been discontinued on your campus

Students will receive half the retail price for books that have been adopted again for spring semester.  There will also be a promotion in conjunction with the buyback.  Students will be eligible to win a variety of prizes including; gift cards valued at $1,600, beverages and candy bars.

Everyday Book Buyback

• The CSB/SJU Bookstores offers students the opportunity to sell their books back every day through a wholesaler. 
• The textbooks are not bought back for the Bookstores; rather the texts are bought back for a wholesaler. 
• Books bought back will not be used for next semester’s classes.  Instead, the books will be sold to other bookstores throughout the country. 
• Students can expect to receive less money than at the end-of-semester buyback.