Ontario Textbook Recycling
Finding good home for unwanted books since 2000
Which books work for fundraising?
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•New, current editions of textbooks and curriculum-related books
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•Used, current editions in reasonable condition. Marked up copies are fine. We remove names on pages, edges or covers.
“Current” books could be anywhere from one month old to many years old. See side bar for more insight.
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•All disciplines including:
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Business: accounting, communications, management, marketing, retail, etc.
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Humanities: languages, literature, law, history, philosophy, arts, etc.
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Behavioral and social sciences: anthropology, economics, history, psychology, sociology, etc.
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Science and Engineering: chemistry, biology, physics, computer science, math, etc.
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Applied technologies and trades
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Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, and many more
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•Samples such as promotional and desk copies issued to reviewers, editors, professors and other independent professionals
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•Canadian, American and some UK
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•French, Spanish, German, etc. language instruction
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•Study guides, lab books, lightly used workbooks
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•Computer program instruction books
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•ESL instruction and workbooks
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•References & handbooks: writing, medical, childcare, dictionaries, etc.
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•Recently outdated editions (selected)
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•Novels, plays, literary classics, philosophical texts, Bibles and other religious texts, popular non-fiction and fiction, if used to augment course studies
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Not sure if your books are of interest? Email 5 ISBN’s
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How can I tell if my books are current?
Textbooks in the most popular subject areas are updated every one to three years, others every five to ten. Once a new edition is issued, the previous one is technically no longer current. This means that although the information is usually still relevant, the edition is likely no longer in demand, and therefore has little or no monetary value.
We don’t expect you to know which books have fundraising potential, so here’s what you can do to find out.
Chose 5 books you think might be in demand.
Tell us their ISBN’s -- the 13 digit , or 10-digit, number on the back cover or inside on the copyright page.
We’ll let you know if your collection has fundraising potential and warrants an on-site assessment.
How do you decide what my books are worth?
We use hand-held, barcode scanners to determine a book’s demand and value.
Our “wish list” is updated every few weeks, based on a network of wholesale exchanges and discount book sellers, and contains over 100,000 titles.
In less than 10 minutes, we can evaluate a collection of more than 200 books.
While our prices are lower than what you would get if your books were sold to an end-user, our on-site service is painless, and saves you valuable time. Our busy customers tell us this is an efficient, fun way to clear up clutter and raise money in the process.
Contact us for an on-site evaluation