| Many college bookstores allow students to sell their | | | | They may advertise the sale of books through |
| books back to the stores. These used bookstores | | | | posters around the campus or just by passing |
| pay around 50% of the original price to the student | | | | information by word of mouth. Large universities |
| for these used books. The price could vary though, | | | | have dedicated online resources for the same |
| depending on the book. The used book store market | | | | purpose. One can find hundreds of online resources, |
| follows a fairly complicated business process. Once a | | | | which deal with used books. Most of these online |
| student sells the book back to a college bookstore, it | | | | used bookstores operate on a global scale. One can |
| is then re-sold to a national used book company. The | | | | find used textbooks even on auction websites. One |
| same book is then sold to another college bookstore, | | | | can visit these web sites and search for specific titles |
| at the end of which the book is available at a price | | | | from the thousands of books enlisted on them. You |
| that could be around 75% of the new book price. | | | | can also bid for your book at auction web sites. |
| During every step of the process, a margin is applied | | | | There are many online directories also which allow |
| by each of the respective parties to gain profit. This | | | | you to find a specific used book seller. Used book |
| typical business cycle allows everyone in the chain to | | | | stores can be found in most of the cities. You can |
| make money and be in the business. Though the | | | | find out from your friends about their location, |
| sellers have margins during every step of the | | | | especially if you are entering college. You can check |
| process, used books are still quite a bargain when | | | | out with your college book store and find out |
| compared to the price range of new books. | | | | whether they deal with used textbooks. |
| Sometimes students sell their books to their juniors. | | | | |