Need to Get Rid of Old Textbooks Help!

[Beth3346]

My boyfriend and I have a ton of old textbooks from our's and his parents' college days.  They range in age from the 80s maybe 70s? through the early 2000s. Mostly business.  Right now they are taking up space on a bookshelf we would really like to use for books we actually plan on reading. 

I need these books out of my life but i have no idea how to get rid of them. 

I've done some research online and it seems that no one is interested in old text books.  I don't feel right about just throwing them away and i don't have time to sell them on ebay or anything like that.  I'm pretty sure they wouldn't sell anyway.  Most of them are pretty dated.

Does anyone have any idea or suggestions about what I can do with them?

[Kiwi]

I'd like to get some ideas as well. I have all my college books piled in the closet at my parents'. I barely used them in school, and haven't touched them since.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Recycle them or contact a non-profit organization who ships books to Africa.    They will still use them as long as they're not completely out of date! 

[NovelNerd]

I'd like to get some ideas as well. I have all my college books piled in the closet at my parents'. I barely used them in school, and haven't touched them since.

Depending on how old they are my wife used some sort of online but back program that even bought some of hers that were out if circulation. Se got a decent price considering she's had trouble selling them here. I'll have to ask her for a link though.

[Ivaness]

Oh, I'd like info on this too. My love monkey has a bunch of college books (they're still very recent and not outdated, for criminal justice).

I'm tired of them being EVERYWHERE. Seemed like every two weeks he got 2 new books.

[Eviecorn]

I'd check ISBNs online and see if they are sought after before doing anything.

[kaoskat]

Yeah I dunno what you'd do with them either. I don't even think they'd need them at the library.

[Rainsong]

www.bookbyte.com may offer something for some of them, though I think they mostly go for newer books.

Amazon.com will give you credit for some textbooks, too.

Try contacting a local community college and asking, they may ideas on where to take old books.

[Ivaness]

Thank Rainsong! I'm definitely going to pull out all the books we have, haha.

Post Merge: June 24, 2013, 06:36:16 AM

Thought I'd let you know, but so far, I've input all the ISBNs, a lot of our books they won't take but the ones they do, so far we're at $87.25.

[melodys_angel]

Perhaps donate them to a library?

[Rainsong]

Thank Rainsong! I'm definitely going to pull out all the books we have, haha.

Post Merge: June 24, 2013, 06:36:16 AM

Thought I'd let you know, but so far, I've input all the ISBNs, a lot of our books they won't take but the ones they do, so far we're at $87.25.

Nice!!