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Buying back books: UA students decide where to sell used textbooks for best price

Abstract:
Finding the most reasonably priced textbooks can be difficult, but for UA students, the best option is to shop around before making a final sale.

Many bookstores offer similar buyback pricing - typically 50 percent of the book's original value - if the book will continue to be used on campus....

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Simmons Mattresses

posted 5/26/09 @ 11:14 AM CST

Textbooks can often be very expensive and it's great to be able to sell them back. While the bookstore does what it can to give students a fair price, I have found that more money can be made back if you sell your textbooks to other students on sites like Amazon. It's not always a better deal and does require a little more effort than just going to the bookstore, but it can sometimes get you a lot of money back for your books.

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