Book Buyback Policy
The Schoolcraft College Bookstore makes every effort to get you the highest possible payment for your USED books. It is our policy to buy every college textbook that you decide is no longer needed or wanted and for which there is a resale market.
Buyback operates on a first-come, first served basis. The bookstore buys back a predetermined quantity of titles that are being used for an upcoming semester. Buyback prices are based on current market value. When the bookstore limit is reached, a wholesale price will be offered. The price paid for these wholesale books are set by the wholesale company and are determined by national supply and demand.
Workbooks, study guides, lab manuals, spiral-bound books, books with tear-out pages, books with excessive writing or highlighting, books with floppy disks, missing or badly damaged covers, broken spines or missing pages are generally NOT bought back by the bookstore but may be purchased by the wholesaler.
SC Bookstore Buyback Tips
Timing is important when deciding to sell a book. Although the Schoolcraft College Bookstore operates a year-round book buyback program, you are most likely to get top value for your books if you sell during the week of final exams.
Please bear in mind that the buy-back payment is governed by information available from the professors, prices quoted by the wholesalers, the general condition of the book and whether or not the book will be used on campus the next semester.
Information about whether or not a specific book will be bought back and buyback prices will NOT be given over the phone.
For Our Distance Learning Students
If you would like to mail us a book to sell back, please send an email to books[at]schoolcraft.edu requesting information on how to do this. Please include your original order number in the request.