subject: Why Is Selling Old Textbooks A Noble Deed? [print this page] Textbooks are quite essential in a student's life. And the queer condition of the books market lets publishers charge more prices for these study books. Students have no choice but to buy. Alas, they can do nothing, as books are the lifelines of any study course.
Thanks to online websites dealing with used textbooks, buybacks, there is light at the end of the tunnel for students. Now students can buy old books from such sites. You can also sell your old ones and help other students assimilate knowledge without unnecessary expenses.
Inside Story Of Textbooks
The market for study books does not follow the usual supply and demand rule. (According to it, when the price is high, demand decreases. When this happens, sellers bring the price down to a reasonable level.) Also, for other products, buyers and choosers of the product are always the same. However, in case of a textbook, the choosers are professors and the buyers are students. A student has to buy a textbook at any cost. They have to buy what the professors or the course curriculum asks them to.
Unfortunately, professors do not keep in mind the pocket of the students while choosing study material for the course. Many don't even know the price of the books they choose! Students have to bear the brunt in the form of high textbook prices. They have no other option but to buy the textbooks to pass the course.
Used Textbook - A Boom For Students
Online bookstores have given students the power to fight this queer market scenario of study books. They can buy used textbooks at a low price. This plays a role in forcing book prices in the market to come down by decreasing the demand for new books.
Well, publishers are smart souls. They know how to counteract this strategy. They have started releasing new editions of textbooks. This makes the older ones useless. That's the reason why you need to sell your old books as quickly as possible. If you wait, you will lose the game.
Despite publishers' tactics to maintain high textbook prices in the market, the online market for used study material is thriving. However, this can continue to thrive only when you act fast and get rid of your old study material at competitive prices. This is something that benefits all students. You, as a seller, get extra bucks and also help prevent monopoly. And the next time you need to buy old books, you can avail lower prices, thanks to some other student who was as prompt as you in selling his or her old stuff.
So what are you waiting for? Sell those piled up textbooks in the market. Some student might be in need of these books. Sell them now!
