What should i do with all my uni books?

S@njay · 7 Aug 2006 at 12:40

I've graduated now (woooo!) and now i am stuck with a load of books i shall never use again, now there all just taking up space and being anoying.

Selling books on the auction sites dont seem to go down well, and the well known internet bookstore is tooc onfusing to sell books.

My books consists of titles such as C++ How to program,Digital Principles, HCI and systems analysis and desgin.

What did people here do with thier uni books? I just dont think there is a market for them.

Or shall i prey on the first year students when they start and then commence my selling frenzy?

SiD the Turtle · 7 Aug 2006 at 12:42

Fire! And lots of it!

There is a online site somewhere where you can get a reasonable return on textbooks. Can't for the life of me remember the URL though... I'll have a hunt.

Make sure that you definately won't use them again as well. I have a few that I still use most days!

S@njay · 7 Aug 2006 at 12:46

SiD the Turtle said:
Fire! And lots of it!

There is a online site somewhere where you can get a reasonable return on textbooks. Can't for the life of me remember the URL though... I'll have a hunt.

Make sure that you definately won't use them again as well. I have a few that I still use most days!

Thanks

Problem with these computer books is that all the information is also avaliable on the internet for free.

DJMK4 · 7 Aug 2006 at 12:47

BUUUUUUUUUURRRRN THEM

nah sell them if there worth anything, i sold some books i had for uni which cost me £35 a piece...

Sold them for about 20 each...bit of beer money

Nix · 7 Aug 2006 at 12:47

Sell them to new students?

SiD the Turtle · 7 Aug 2006 at 12:48

S@njay said:
Thanks

Problem with these computer books is that all the information is also avaliable on the internet for free.

That's what I thought, but my C# and SQL books are much easier to refer to (imo) that Googling. Of course the majority of them will never get touched again.

PhantomKarl · 7 Aug 2006 at 12:48

ebay them or just give them the uni so that poor students can buy them cheaply then again all students are poor these days

PhantomKarl · 7 Aug 2006 at 12:50

I'm still poor now and I graduated last year

Ekim · 7 Aug 2006 at 12:54

Sell them on Amazon Marketplace, thats what I'm doing with mine.

toosepin · 7 Aug 2006 at 12:57

Ekim said:
Sell them on Amazon Marketplace, thats what I'm doing with mine.

^^

Clarkey · 7 Aug 2006 at 13:06

Stick a for sale note up on a bulletin board in the appropriate department in the uni, the new students will lap them up.

Mr Nice · 7 Aug 2006 at 13:10

I kept mine...

Handy thing is when doing the milkround, you can glance up and "remember" your skills portfolio.....

Phantom · 7 Aug 2006 at 13:12

Nix said:
Sell them to new students?

^^^ best bet and for maximum return, post flyers on noticeboards at your (old) uni in september.

PhantomKarl · 7 Aug 2006 at 13:19

Phantom said:
^^^ best bet and for maximum return, post flyers on noticeboards at your (old) uni in september.

Good idea you got in with that one before me

Pumpkinstew · 7 Aug 2006 at 13:21

Still got mine. They took up too much room at home so they're now in a box under my desk at work. Every now and again I refer to one, which brings up a suppressed memory of an exam question and I shove it back in the box as quickly as possible.

Welshy · 7 Aug 2006 at 13:36

post up the names on here, i might be interested myself...

Efour · 7 Aug 2006 at 13:55

I sold all mine back to Blackwells bookshop were i got em, I always used to try and buy 2nd hand ones too. More money for important things like fags and booze.

In retrospect i wish i had kept them all for reference but at the time i really needed the cash.

mctrials23 · 7 Aug 2006 at 14:32

Sell em on here, i might be interested in a few. Just going into my second year of my comp degree.

Oracle · 7 Aug 2006 at 14:33

give them to the poor and neady tbh!

InsomniaCalls · 7 Aug 2006 at 14:34

http://www.academicbooktrade.co.uk/