Condition Requirements

DETAILED BUYING GUIDELINES

Books in the following conditions will NOT be accepted:

• Has gotten wet/moist from any liquid (water, coffee, tea, etc.). Pages are wavy, crinkled, stuck together, stained or have mold/mildew, etc).

• Missing pages (either part or all of a page or pages).
• Stained pages (minor stains are OK but a deduction will be taken, see below).
• Chewed on by dog, cat, etc.
• Strong odor from smoke, perfume, musty, etc).
• Loose/broken/damaged binding, spine or has loose pages even if included.
• More than 6 pages having a rip or tear. Books with 1 - 5 pages with a rip or tear will be purchased but a deduction will be taken, see below.
• Excessive highlighting/underlining no more than 30% of the pages may have highlighting or underlining on them*. Books with  between  10% and 30% are acceptable but a deduction will be taken, see below.
• Excessive writing, including margin notes, no more than 10% of the pages may have writing or notes on them*.
• Any book with vulgar, profane or inappropriate handwriting.
• Any book that has random markings or drawings, etc.
  
• Any book with excessive writing or markings on the page edges
  
• Partial sets (IE Sending volume 1 of a 2 volume set, unless you entered the ISBN for just that particular volume.)
• Any book that has "Property of" or similar stamped, labeled or written on the exterior of the front or rear cover.
• Any book that has been re-bar-coded, re-labeled or taped up to conceal the true identity of the book (international textbook re-bar-coded with US edition ISBN, Instructors'/teachers' edition taped up to make it appear as a student edition, etc.).
• Books that have been poorly repaired.
• Unbound or partially bound books.
• Books that are cut or have hole(s) drilled in them (ie. a portion of the book has been cut off whether it be part of the cover and/or pages a hole or holes drilled through the book.
• Any item missing the cover (front or back) or having any portion of the cover missing.
• Excessive wear or abuse. 
• Tears/rips or bends in hardcover book covers
• Pages stuck together, from moisture, gum or other substance

* If a book has 500 pages and 50 pages have just one word highlighted on each of those 50 pages that represents 10% of the pages being marked.

Books we do NOT purchase:

• International, economy or low cost editions (mainly textbooks) marked with wording similar to these statements "not for sale in the US or North America", "for use outside the US", may not be re-exported" or similar.

• Books marked “FREE”, “Not for Sale”, “Review Copy” or “Not for Re-Sale” or similar.
• No advanced reading copies, uncorrected proofs, promotional or “screener” copies. The ISBN that is listed is for the general release of the book and NOT for the advanced reading copy, uncorrected proofs, promotional or “screener” copy.
• NO PORNOGRAPHY or books with PROFANE words in the title or on the cover.
• Condensed or “Reader’s Digest” books
• "Fill in the blank/answer" books that have the answers/blanks/etc. completed including circled or checked answers.
• Non-ISBN books
• Calendars
• Books with more than 25% blank pages (journals, diaries, etc)

Books we generally do not buy:

• Romance/mass market fiction

• Magazines
• "Book club" books
• Encyclopedias (General)
• Most older fiction

The following deductions could be taken:

• Missing dust jackets (or in poor condition) (10%)

• Ex-library book – (has library markings) (25%)
• Teachers or Instructors edition including annotated (use the “student edition” ISBN on the back cover) (50%)
• Missing an accompaniment (CD, DVD, etc) or if they are not working, not original or cracked/broken (see Special Notes for higher education books below) (60%)
• Short rips/tears to 5 or less pages (25%)
• Minor stains (25%)
• Excessive highlighting/underlining (more than 10% but less than 30% of all pages have a mark on them (30%)
• Excessive labels (30%)
• Excessive wear (40%)
• Incomplete packaged (50%)

Special Notes for higher education books:

Books that originally came with CD’(s)/ DVD’(s)

Textbooks should include the ORIGINAL working CD(s) and/or DVD(s), etc.. Books arriving without these items will have a 60% deduction taken. This deduction will be taken even if our site does not indicate "required materials" but the book originally came with CD(s) and/or DVD(s), etc. (Access codes are NOT required when selling a book that came with an access code).

Access Codes

Occasionally we buy JUST the access code (sold under a separate ISBN from the book) these include Infotrac, Blackboard, My____Lab, etc., these MUST be sealed from the manufacturer and have never been opened or used.

Study Guides/Workbooks/Lab Manuals/Solutions Manuals, Handbooks or other "fill in the blank/answer" type books.

May have limited highlighting and underlining but NO writing, including circled or check answers and NO missing or loose pages.

Packaged Books

Must contain all items included in the original packaging, even if our site does not indicate "required materials". (except for access codes)

We reserve the right to determine your books condition upon receipt. If a book or books are rejected or discounted, we will inform you by email as to why.