Sushi Money

Sometimes you realize that something is so easy you should have been doing it a long time ago. This past week I sold some textbooks to an online textbook company.  Granted the money I’ll get back is about a third of what I paid for them, but I had absolutely no use for these particular books. 

Confession time…  I can be a bit of a packrat, not letting go of things that may prove useful.  I kept many of my textbooks because I wanted them for reference.  But there were a lot of others I just didn’t take the time to sell.  My bad…  I could have sold many at different times, but instead they will now languish on the shelf unless I get rid of them somehow.  If you’re thinking about selling textbooks, do it as soon as possible after your class is finished.  Within a few months those old textbooks will be out of date, new editions will come out over time, and the textbook companies will not want to buy them. 

Lesson learned… when you finish a class and don’t need the books?  Sell ‘em right away!   There’s several good companies out there to sell your books… it is too easy.  You get a quote immediately for each book, and then download a free shipping label.  Pack ‘em up and drop the package off at a UPS store… you’re done!   Now if I can figure out what to do with the old ones…

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