Friday, May 9

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, Mesa State 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.

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.
• 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 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.

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