Alibris launched a Book Buyback Service, which pays for new and used textbooks, study guides and other educational books. Here are the benefits being advertised:
- Free shipping. The shipping charges for purchased books are prepaid.
- Free, quick, and easy use. There’s no sign-up required, and the service is fast and free to use.
- Competitive pay-outs. The service pays top dollar for new and used textbooks.
- Fast payments.
Follow the link above and you’ll see a search box that tells you if they’re buying a particular ISBN and for how much. If you’ve ever used a book buyback service like this, I’ll be curious to hear how competitive this one is.
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I tried the Alibris book buyback this weekend. I regularly use Powell’s book buyback and Abebooks textbook buyback.
Alibris quotes prices that are in line with the others, but isn’t accepting as many titles as Powell’s or Abe. They aren’t as picky as Powell’s (Powell’s won’t accept books with any highlighting or notes at all). The big drawback (for some) with Powell’s is that they pay by PayPal or store credit and if you opt for PayPal, the payback is reduced by about 10%. Abe and Alibris pay by check or PayPal.
I’ve also used Jitterbooks and Blue Rectangle for book buybacks — both offered decent prices and paid quickly but only wanted a few titles.
Alibris is off to a good start and I’ll probably use them regularly along with Abe and Powell’s.
And this is good for booksellers how?
So Abe & Alibris will become as flooded ~~~~~ as AZ with stock?
Exactly Bookateria!!!! Come on Steve, that cuts into our textbook sales. Whats up with that?
I also sell books on Amazon and half.com, sometimes eBay. The books I sell to Powell’s and Abebooks are those that aren’t worth listing (are selling for below $5) or ones that I have listed and haven’t sold for six months or more. It’s a way to keep the inventory moving and get cash or credit for books that I was not going to be able to sell anyway. Give it a try, you might be surprised!
The thing I find most interesting about the Alibris book buyback is the Powered by Bookbyte stamp at the bottom of the page. I wonder why alibris need bookbyte, especially with all the data Alibris most have.