Textbook Buyback

Your Bookstore is now buying unwanted textbooks EVERY DAY. The best time to sell books is during finals week in December and May. Your MAVcard or other photo ID is required.

May 2012 Buyback:

Outside bookstore main entrance:

Friday, May 4:  8:30 am - 4 pm

Monday-Thursday, May 7-10: 8:30 am - 5 pm

Friday, May 11:  8:30 am - NOON

Houston Hall:

Monday - Thursday, May 7-10:  9 am - 4 pm

Bishop Campus:

Friday, May 4:  9 am - 2 pm

Montrose Campus:

Thursday, May 10:  11 am - 7 pm

Friday, May 11:  8:30 am - NOON

How Buyback works:

1. Instructors turn in their book orders for the next semester to the bookstore.
2. The bookstore compiles a list of titles that are being used again. Remember, Colorado Mesa instructors can change books any time they want to.
3. The bookstore gives the booklist to the used book company.
4. The used book company buys those books for the bookstore, and they will buy your other books to sell to other colleges around the country.
5. Every Day Buyback offers market value as determined by the wholesale company based on national demand.

How much money you get for your books is affected by different factors:

• 50% of the new price:
  • The bookstore has an order for this book for the upcoming semester, and needs copies.
  • Textbooks that were originally purchased as part of a bundle may be purchased individually & priced based on demand for the title.
• 15-25% of the new price (a wholesale price paid by the used book company)
  • The book has been ordered for the next semester, but the bookstore already has enough copies.
  • The book has not been ordered by any instructor at Mesa State, but the used book company will buy it to sell to other colleges.
• Book is worth -0-:
  • The book is an old edition, never to be used again.
  • The book is a single-use title, such as a workbook.
  • The used book company is overstocked on that title, so they aren't buying any more.
  • Your book has water or other damage, and is not salable.
• Special pricing may apply under certain circumstances.

Points to ponder:

• Sometimes you may get a better price for your book if you wait to sell your book until the next buyback. Why? If the class is only taught in the spring, then that book would not be on the bookstore list (for 50%of the new price) until the December buyback. You would only get the wholesale price paid by the used book company.
• You get the same price back for a book whether you bought it new or used. Why? At the end of the semester all books are considered used.
• Be sure to keep any additional materials that may have come with the book. Some books require the cd or atlas or other items in order to be eligible for buyback.
• Rentals & electronic books may offer a lower up-front price, but have no value at buyback.