Spring book buyback details

NOTE: In addition to the general info about buyback below, please check out our FAQ posted on May 14 and further updates on our covid-19 page

Spring Book Buyback at your BMC Bookshop opens on Monday, May 4. Beginning May 4, staffed store hours will be Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. We are also available by appointment; please email us at bookshop@brynmawr.edu to request a time.  During staffed hours, buyback will run much as it has in the past: bring books you no longer need in to the store and receive immediate cash.

If you are no longer on campus or you can't come in during staffed hours, you can ship books to the store or drop books off at the campus mailroom.  Mailroom hours are 11:00 am to 2:00 pm weekdays.  If you are leaving books at the mailroom, please make sure that you clearly indicate your name and email address.

If you need to ship, we will email you a prepaid shipping label so you will not have to pay shipping charges. Email a request to bookshop@brynmawr.edu.  Just let us know where you're shipping books from (your current address) and the number of books that you'll be sending.  We'll send a label to you on the same on next business day.  We are ready for your email requests now; you don't need to wait until May 4.

In addition to current semester titles, we are also buying over 75,000 other titles. We encourge you to bring/ship all titles and we will pay as much as we can.  (If you want "no value" books back, you'll need to pay for return shipping back to you. Otherwise, we will find the best use possible for these books.)

You can use our new buyback tool to look up prices for current semester titles.  The system is still in beta, so it's still a little rough, but the pricing info is accurate for current books. You can use the tool to request a prepaid label -- enter titles then your email and physical addresses.  We'll email back as soon as possible with the prepaid label. You can send back all books that you have using the label, not just the ones found in lookup.  The is optional; you do not have to use the buyback tool to request a prepaid label.  The buyback tool is located at bookshop.brynmawr.edu/buyback/lookup

We are waiving the receipt requirement for this semester.  You do not need to show your BMC Bookshop receipt for guaranteed buyback titles.  This semester, we welcome all books, regardless of where you bought them.

For buyback transactions that are not in person, you have three options for receiving your money: 1) cash that you can pick up from the bookshop now or at the start of the fall semester; 2) a check mailed now to your current address (in BIONIC); or 3) a BMC Bookshop gift card emailed to you.  If you choose the BMC Bookshop gift card, you will receive a 10% bonus: $33 on a gift card, instead of $30 in cash or check, for example. You can use your bookshop gift card for an in-store or online purchase at any time.

Buyback will remain open at least through May 31.  We extend the date if necessary, but pricing may change after May 31: you'll get more for your books now.

Usual conditions still apply: we do not buy back books that were originally part of a bundle and we do not buy back heavily used workbooks or coursepacks/readers (spiral bound collections of readings).  All books must be in salable condition; no water damage.

Let us know if you have any questions!  The best way to contact us right now is by email at bookshop@brynmawr.edu.