Textbook Buyback

Location: Sims Student Center - Dining
The textbook buyback will be on June 2, 3 & 4 from 8:00am to 4:00pm in the Student Center.
The textbook buyback will be on June 2, 3 & 4 from 8:00am to 4:00pm in the Student Center.

Barnes & Noble K-12 (BNC), our new virtual bookstore partner, is a nationwide textbook company that services 750+ independent schools. BNC will be buying back some of the textbooks we used this year.
 
You must print your quote online through BNC first and THEN come to campus with your printed quote to drop off your books. BNC is not buying back all of the books we used this year. Books they will not buy back will not produce a quote.
 
FIRST: GO ONLINE to the BNC website below:
  • Create an account with BNC in the “New Customers” section of the webpage.
  • Go to Menu -> “Sell Your Textbooks.”
 
 
  • Enter the ISBN number for each textbook you wish to sell to BNC. (You can enter all of your textbooks at one time by pressing “Enter” after each ISBN number.)
  • When all of your textbooks are entered, click
                                   The textbooks that BNC will buyback will receive quotes.
  • When all your textbooks are entered click                                             
                                                       
 
  • Click “Finalize Your Quote”
      
  • Add or Edit your address
  • Click “Choose Payment Type”
  • Click “Submit Your Buyback.” (Your quote will not be processed until you click this button)
       
  • Print your Finalized Buyback Quote by clicking “Print This Page” under Step 1
  • NOTE: You will ALSO receive a finalized quote in your email that you can print.
 
IMPORTANT: You must bring a printed quote with you to campus during buyback. Textbooks cannot be accepted without a printed quote.
 
NEXT: Come On Campus June 2, 3, or 4:
  • We will be collecting textbooks and printed quotes in the Student Center.
  • Entrance to the Student Center will be limited to the North Entrance (near the Spirit Store)
  • Proceed to a table and place your textbooks and printed quote inside the bag.
  • Leave the bag on the table and a Cooper employee will retrieve the bag.
  • Exit the Student Center from the South Entrance (near the GPAC)
 
In order to maintain health protocols, we are asking you to please:
  • Wear a mask on campus
  • Practice a safe social distance of 6 feet both inside and outside the Student Center
  • Send only one person per family to the Student Center to drop off books
 
If you have any questions about the website, contact BNC at 800 325-3252. They are available Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00pm central time.
 
If you have any questions about the on campus procedures, please contact Janet LeBlanc at 281 367-0900, x2349.
 
We ask your patience and understanding as we navigate through this new procedure together.
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