Unfortunately, they are worthless because of the scampishness and collusion between the PROFESSORS AND THE PUBLISHERS. Every bloody Semester the Edition gets changed for one reason, profit and sucking the blood of the students and families!!!!

Donate the books to the schools or organizations that redistribute them to students.

Nehru posted:

Unfortunately, they are worthless because of the scampishness and collusion between the PROFESSORS AND THE PUBLISHERS. Every bloody Semester the Edition gets changed for one reason, profit and sucking the blood of the students and families!!!!

I am afraid that you are correct. Every professor is using the campus to sell their own book and the school doesn't seem to care about the scampishness. When this girl at work twin daughters were ready to get their associates degree, the school tells them that they were both short 15 credits each. Then the school suggests they take several classes to make up that 15 credits but went on to say that those credits will not give them the 15 credits they needed to earn their associate degree. She was very disappointed and rather than have them waste their time at the school, enrolled them in another school that took all thier classes toward bachelors and they are on their way to graduating this year. Unfortunately many of these professors are not really educators but seem to do it as a side job. My daughter's professor once set a test for after 10PM. Now what would explain that other than she probably had a dinner date that she was not going to miss. Meanwhile, by 10PM these kids should not be expected to be mentally prepared to do a test.

Demerara_Guy posted:

Donate the books to the schools or organizations that redistribute them to students.

Even this may be a struggle as Nehru expressed above and I have experienced myself. But it is worth the try. I have to start getting rid of them though.

While at university, we used freely donate books to the newer students and keep only those that are sound reference ones.

Demerara_Guy posted:

While at university, we used freely donate books to the newer students and keep only those that are sound reference ones.

Thanks G_G. This may be my best bet. Even my daughter doesn't want to deal with trying to sell them. While some of them are two, three hundred plus, she thinks that they will only sell for under 10 bucks. She thinks it is a waste of time pursuing that route. I am going to look up some places where I can donate them.

Donate them to the library where many children/students can share the benefit from them.

Advertise them with the words, " We've helped our last owner move ahead, we can do that for you too."

cain posted:

Advertise them with the words, " We've helped our last owner move ahead, we can do that for you too."

Brilliant Cain.

cain posted:

Advertise them with the words, " We've helped our last owner move ahead, we can do that for you too."

Good one.

I suggest you put them in a barrel, with other things and ship them to a religious or civic organization in GUYANA.  

I have a better idea. Send the books to Granger criminal redemption college for them church boys. It will do them a whole lot of good.

If any yall got some Lil ABC ones, send em to Cobra, he needs to try and move ahead...kinda get a brain for himself, stop sharing.

My son does lots of rentals now for the textbooks...much cheaper option...every other semester is a new edition

Inbox Priya or Jaya Manickchand on FB and tell them what kind of books you have and they will find students who you can send them to.  Jaya runs an ongoing book drive. 

Another option is to re-sell them on Amazon.com.  Or as others suggest donate them.  She should keep her favorite ones.  I always regretted getting rid of my college economics books.  Every now and then I need them for reference.

The Guyana idea sounds very appealing. Thanks.