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Textbook Buyback Information

End-of-Semester Book Buyback

Friday, December 16 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 17 - noon - 4:00 p.m.

Monday, December 19 - 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 20 - 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 21 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.


CSB Bookstore and Sexton Commons

Stop by either location to sell your books back. A receipt isn't necessary to sell your books back. Books can be sold back at either location.

Receive a drawing slip when you sell you books back and enter into the drawing for a $50 deposit onto your Bookstore Bucks account.  Two winners at each store each day of buyback.  That's a $1,000 we will be giving away!!

Also note that during these same dates, you can can enter into another drawing to win a FREE iPad 2. 

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 up to 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 $50 deposit into their Bookstore Bucks account.

Everyday Book Buyback

  • The CSB/SJU Bookstores offer students the opportunity to sell their books back online 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.

Why should you shop the CSB/SJU Bookstores?