Selling old University books! Help?

System_Star · 8th August 2007, 7:11pm

Right, I have LOADS of old Pharmacy text books that just sit around my room doing nothing. I am starting a new degree in Sept and I am also moving out, so I pretty much want to get rid of these ASAP.

I can't be bothered selling them on Ebay/Amazon as the cost and effort of going about this total outweighs the benefits.

SO, is there anywhere you know of that I can sell these books onto? Or as a last resort, just donate?

**Kenny Everett** · 8th August 2007, 7:16pm

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Originally Posted by System_Star

Right, I have LOADS of old Pharmacy text books that just sit around my room doing nothing. I am starting a new degree in Sept and I am also moving out, so I pretty much want to get rid of these ASAP.

I can't be bothered selling them on Ebay/Amazon as the cost and effort of going about this total outweighs the benefits.

SO, is there anywhere you know of that I can sell these books onto? Or as a last resort, just donate?

email the folk at the university and ask them to stick a wee note up on the notice board?

System_Star · 8th August 2007, 7:19pm

Haha, that is too much effort on their part

I was going to just print off a wee advert and stick it around the Pharmacy faculty, but I wasn't too sure if there was any book shops etc that take second hand books near the Universities?

I know Strathclyde is the only place in the Glasgow area that does the Pharmacy Masters degree

GoddamnElectric · 8th August 2007, 8:09pm

Strathclyde uni has a book trader in the union. The idea is you go in and fill in a form for each book stating the price you want, and leave the books with them. Should someone come along and buy one of yours you get an email/phone call telling you to come collect your monies, minus a fee (was a quid last time I did it). Of course this isn't an immediate thing, and perhaps no one will buy your books. I've always sold everything I gave them mind you.

I'm unsure about whether you need to be a Strath student to use the service.

Devastator · 8th August 2007, 8:25pm

I'm sure John Smith & Son under the library will just buy them back off you.

GoddamnElectric · 8th August 2007, 8:28pm

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Originally Posted by Devastator

I'm sure John Smith & Son under the library will just buy them back off you.

I think the books have to still be in print, e.g. no newer version has come out. I remember using that once, as I only ever had one book still in print by the years end. Worth a tinkle I'd imagine.

As an aside if anyone wants a book about AI or Formal Specification they can have them for the price of a pint. I've had no joy selling either and frankly they're starting to annoy me. Sitting there on my shelf, taking up space....

endless psych · 8th August 2007, 9:34pm

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Originally Posted by GoddamnElectric

As an aside if anyone wants a book about AI or Formal Specification they can have them for the price of a pint. I've had no joy selling either and frankly they're starting to annoy me. Sitting there on my shelf, taking up space....

AI as in artificial intelligence aye? Could be tempted, geographys tricky pint wise though...

Pink punk · 9th August 2007, 9:13am

I've sold most of mine through book trader. The way I saw it was they were a right off by the time I was finished anyway because second hand books aren't worth much, so leaving then to rot in booktrader rather than my house meant I might get sme money for them. I probably made about £80 over a year or so. It starts to feel like free money after that lenght of time.

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