Sell Textbooks

The easiest way to sell textbooks for cash

Are you a student looking to sell textbooks? Perhaps you’ve recently graduated from university, left school or simply have a pile of textbooks that are surplus to requirements. Whatever your reasons We Buy Books is a simple and hassle free way to sell textbooks for some much needed extra cash to put towards freshers week, rent or this semester’s reading material.

Calling all students!

Textbooks aren’t cheap and in most cases you’ll only need them for a limited period of time before you’re required to overhaul your studying material and invest in a new collection of books.

“It’s estimated the average student will spend almost £100 per semester on textbooks, almost £1000 over a 3 year degree.”

So wouldn’t it be great to make some money back from the textbooks you no longer require? That’s where WeBuyBooks comes in handy…

Give your unwanted books a second home using WeBuyBooks. Get an instant online offer today.

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Our recycling pledge

You can sell books from hundreds of genres with We Buy Books, such as fiction and non-fiction, school textbooks, university textbooks, and CDs, games and DVDs. But sometimes, we receive books that don’t meet our condition guidelines, and if they don’t meet our criteria, we can’t accept them.

We pledge to recycle your books if we can’t accept them, so you can still feel positive because you’re contributing to a positive cause. And if you don’t want us to recycle your books, we’ll return them (postage not included).

Sell textbooks the easy way!

Experts in buying and recycling old textbooks, our service is simply second to none! Offering instant prices and a seamless experience – if you want to sell textbooks it’s completely hassle free. We even have a free app, which allows you to sell your textbooks in seconds!

You can flog your textbooks from the comfort of your living room or student digs by simply entering the ISBN number of each textbook into our website and within seconds you’ll receive an instant offer. Once you’re happy, checkout and let us know how you want us to pay you.

So far this year, our customers have made an average of £29.08* by selling their items to

We buy textbooks for all subjects!

Art – How To Be Parisian: Wherever You Are, Chanel: Collections and Creations, Portraits: John Berger on Artists
Architecture – Architect’s Pocket Book (Routledge Pocket Books), Metric Handbook: Planning and Design Data, Studio Craft & Technique for Architects
Photography – The Beginner’s Photography Guide (Dk), The Busy Girl’s Guide to Digital Photography, Digital Photography Month by Month
Business – Strategic Brand Management, #Girlboss, The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses
Finance – Accounting and Finance for Non-Specialists, Other People’s Money: Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People?
Law – Life in the United Kingdom: a guide for new residents, Blackstone’s EU Treaties & Legislation 2015- 2016 (Blackstone’s Statute Series)

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It pays to look after your books

It pays to look after your textbooks because we’re unable to accept textbooks with the following defects: fire or smoke damage, tears to the cover or pages, significant damage or wear to the binding, water damage, badly stained, missing, loose or torn pages.

From time to time you’ll want to write notes in your textbooks, luckily we can accept items with underlining, highlighting, or annotations, as long as it’s not excessive and there’s no crude words or pictures.

Helpful guides and advice on selling your books

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Start selling your old textbooks today, who knows, you could be sat on a goldmine…

So if you’ve got a collection of textbooks you no longer want or need what are you waiting for? See how much money could you make using our service to sell textbooks, you won’t be disappointed!

Check out our Guru Guide for more hints and tips on selling your textbooks or call our customer care team on 01706 248281 if you have any queries.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you’ve got textbooks that are no longer any use to you, sell them to We Buy Books. All you have to do is input your ISBNs on our website or use our speedy scanner for quicker checkout, accept our offer, box up your books and use our free courier service whether you want to drop them off or have them collected. Once we’ve checked your items, we’ll pay you the following day.

If you have old school exercise books lying around, check if they’re worth anything by downloading the We Buy Books app or visit or website and get an instant cash valuation. If your books are worth something, package them up and send them to us for FREE. We’ll pay you the day after we receive them.

As long as your textbooks meet our [condition guidelines](https://www.webuybooks.co.uk/book-condition-guidelines/), we will buy them from you. We can't accept textbooks that have been torn, burnt, gotten wet or are significantly damaged in any other way. We will accept textbooks with annotations, underlining and highlighting, providing it's not excessive or includes crude wording.

Once you’ve accepted our offer, you can print your free postage label at home, or we can send you one. All you need to do is label your boxes and send them via Evri by taking them to a drop-off point or arranging a home collection.