At the end of each semester it’s probably the best to sell your textbooks so that you don’t let them sit around and collect dust.  Instead of having them just sit there, you can take that money and apply to your textbooks next semester.  Most of the times, if you bought used, you’ll be able to sell and recoup at least 80% of that money back.  Here are some great places where you can sell textbooks –

Start using eBay- Obviously the best place to sell your textbooks is on eBay.  You can either use their half.com service or place it up for 1 – 10 days.  I usually like to place it online until it sells because you never know if you’ll get bidders within a 10 day time frame.  Since most people buy textbooks before their classes start, there are months where the textbook traffic isn’t that demanding.

Try Amazon Seller’s Central - Yes, Amazon has a seller’s central and it actually works out quite nicely.  The thing I like about Amazon is that you’re able to post your book until it sells.  Let’s say someone is looking for a book, if they want to buy used, they can click on the used tab.  You and however many others w ill have their books up there as well.  Just like eBay, you’ll have a feedback score that you’ll need to work on.  Don’t price your book too high because you may find it won’t sell.

Look at Craigslist – Craigslist.org is a great place if you’re looking to place your books up for free but you’re going to have a lot of competition.  If you’re going to use this method, I would recommend you put your books up at least once a day and make sure you have a catchy title.  Since most students use services like Amazon and eBay, I would make this your last resort.

Your last resort when it comes to selling books is the college bookstore but I would stay away since you’re going to get next to nothing.  If the bookstore offers you $50, you can probably get $100 online and that’s the truth.  Try some of these websites online and if you’re having trouble, there’s either no demand or the price is too high.