Price Quote Guarantee
You are guaranteed to get the price quoted on the website provided that the ISBN for the quoted title is an exact match, any noted accessories are included, and your shipment of books is received within 14 days of your price quote. Books received after 14 days will be priced according to new prices listed in our database; the prices may vary from those in your original quote and in some cases books may no longer have value. We do not return books that have no value. For this reason, we strongly encourage you to send your books to us soon after you receive your quote.

My book originally had a CD, study guide, or other accessories. Do I need to send them when shipping you my books that I am selling?
If your book originally included a CD-Rom, DVD, supplemental book or some other accessory, please include this when shipping your book to us. Please note that if you send a book where the book information on your quote indicates that a supplement should be included, you may receive 1/2 or less of the used value of the original quote or no compensation at all, depending on the book. We will not return books that have no value. Please note that any necessary online access codes (e.g., MyMathLab,MyStatLab,MyEconLab, etc) must be valid, unused, and unopened in order to receive payment.

Grading Books As "New" or "Used."
A book that is graded as "new" should be in pristine condition. That is, it should look like it just arrived from the publisher- the way you would typically find a book when bought new at a bookstore. Often, if a book is slightly scuffed, the corners are worn or damaged, or if the cover is slightly bent (this is most likely to happen with paperbacks), these will be graded as "used" because they cannot be sold as new. For this reason, it is very important to pack your books carefully when you are shipping! (Please see shipping instructions on prepaid label provided with your quote). We make every effort to grade books as "new" if possible because we want you to receive the highest price possible so you will continue to use our services.

Will you accept books that have highlighting and/or writing in them? How about damaged books? What makes a book "unacceptable"?
Yes, as long as no more than 1/3 of the book contains highlighting or pages without writing. The exception to this rule is that study guides, work books and lab manuals sold to us must have NO writing OR highlighting in them for you to receive payment. We also will not accept any books that have extreme damage such as a loose binding, cover or pages partially or entirely torn off, mold damage, stuck pages, water damage of any kind, loose or missing pages, or pages with tape or other foreign materials bound to them. You will not receive payment for any books received by us in unacceptable condition and these will not be returned to you.

Review Copies, Instructor's Editions, and Professional Copies
We will typically accept these books if they are the current edition. Most of these type books will be college textbooks.  If a review copy book is not in our database you can enter the student edition ISBN and use the following guidelines when sending your books to us:

• Books With Review/Instructor's/Free Copy Markings On Outside Cover ONLY: we will pay you approximately 92% of the used value of the student edition listed in our database
  
  
• Books With Additional Notes and/or Answers: these are often called "Annotated Instructor's Editions"; we will NOT purchase these titles unless these are listed as having value in our online database
  
  
• Books With Review/Instructor's/Free Copy Markings On Outside AND Inside Cover: these books will typically have "Free Copy" markings on the title page or the first 10-20 pages of the book. Unless a particular title is listed as having value in our online database, we are not purchasing these titles

International Editions and Loose Leaf Editions
We will purchase these titles ONLY if the exact ISBN for the international edition or loose leaf version is included in our database. The ISBNs for these books are typically located on the outside of the book itself (not a sticker placed on the book) or the cover pages of the loose leaf version. These books will typically be listed in our database as "(Loose Leaf)" or "International Edition". Please note that we will NOT return any international editions or loose leaf versions where a direct match cannot be found in our database.

Can I ship you books from outside the United States?
Only shipments originating in the United States or Canada will be accepted. Also, all shipments of books must be sent to us from the mailing address shown in your account. Shipments of books from addresses outside the Unites States and Canada, or from an address not on file with your account, will be refused

Multiple Copies of a Title and Bulk Quantities
We will take up to eight copies of the same book per customer per month without prior approval. If you have more than that you will need to contact us to receive approval before sending them, otherwise you risk being paid less than the quoted total or in some cases no payment at all. If you have more than 8 copies of a particular title, you can request approval by sending a quote via the "Bulk Quantities" link from the Sell Books page. This will allow you to enter ISBNs and quantities for all of the titles you are interested in selling. Prices offered for bulk quantities may be more or less than what is quoted on our web site depending on our need for a particular title at the time of your request. Typically you will receive a response to your request by e-mail within 2 business days.

Trade Books and Old Edition Textbooks
We will often take old edition books. However, typically their value will be significantly less than the current edition. We are now buying back all kinds of books including textbooks and trade books (e.g., cooking, gardening, computers, autobiographies, self help, etc.).

Books Overseas™ Book Donation Program
You may have several (or many) books that no longer have any monetary value. We are now accepting many of these for donation through our Books Overseas program. The books we accept for donation through our site are either donated directly to our global literacy partners or sold with the net proceeds going to benefit our regional and global literacy partners.
Books that have no value but can be accepted for donation are indicated on the results page of your price quote.

Books Not Listed In Our Database
You will find that the large majority of books you entered into our database will appear in your quote. If the ISBN you entered does not come up in your quote, check that you entered the number correctly. If the book is a current edition review copy (e.g., instructor's copy, complimentary copy, free copy, examination copy, etc) we are likely interested in purchasing it. Please see our guidelines regarding review copies.

Good Faith Buyback Agreement
We assume that transactions where books are sold to us are done in good faith. In other words, we assume and you agree that books you send to us are not contracted for destruction by previous owners and have not been stolen or otherwise illegally acquired. You also agree that books you send to us are not counterfeit or otherwise illegally published and that no violation of any law, rule, agreement or contract has occurred in connection with the purchase or sale of such books. Textbook Recycling reserves the right to refuse shipment or withhold payment for any book shipments where fraud or any illegal activity is suspected until legitimacy of shipment is confirmed. In such cases where fraud or illicit activity is verified, books will not be returned to you and may be returned to their intended owners if the intended owners can be identified.

Agreement to General Terms & Conditions & Privacy Statement
By sending books to us for buyback, you are agreeing to the general Terms and Conditions of Use as well as the Privacy and Security Statement listed on this website.