Why do some books have no market value to either the bookstore or a used book wholesaler?
Some of the most common reasons for a book to have no resale value are list below. * The book is an old edition. Once a book changes edition, professors all around the country want the new edition; even though that book may have been purchased new, it will have no resale value on the textbook market. The average life of a textbook is about three years. The closer a book gets to this point, the less wholesale value it has. In general, it is best to sell your books as soon as possible after you have determined you no longer need or want them. * The book is in unsaleable condition. Examples would include books with lost, torn or illegible covers, water damage, missing pages, contents separated from covers, loose bindings, or excessive highlighting which would make the book useless to the next person who buys it (e.g. a foreign language books with every translation written in). We reserve the right to refuse any book that in our judgment has deteriorated to an unsalable condition. * The bo
Some of the most common reasons for a book to have no resale value are list below. * The book is an old edition. Once a book changes edition, professors all around the country want the new edition; even though that book may have been purchased new, it will have no resale value on the textbook market. The average life of a textbook is about three years. The closer a book gets to this point, the less wholesale value it has. In general, it is best to sell your books as soon as possible after you have determined you no longer need or want them. * The book is in unsaleable condition. Examples would include books with lost, torn or illegible covers, water damage, missing pages, contents separated from covers, loose bindings, or excessive highlighting which would make the book useless to the next person who buys it (e.g. a foreign language books with every translation written in). We reserve the right to refuse any book that in our judgment has deteriorated to an unsaleable condition. *The bo
