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The Odyssey Bookshop Monday - Friday, 10:00 - 8:00 |
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The Odyssey Bookshop Monday - Friday, 10:00 - 8:00 |
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The Odyssey Bookshop is one of five independent
bookstores participating in WAMC's Roundtable on Tuesday mornings,
just after the 10:00 news. People from the Odyssey will be on about once a
month, talking about our favorite books. The Odyssey Bookshop 413-534-7307 email odysseybks@aol.com
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Course Book Buyback at the Odyssey Bookshop Just sell your books back to the Odyssey during the last month of the semester and you will be entered to win one of two gift certificates for $100. Buyback at the Odyssey Bookshop The Odyssey buys back as many used course books as possible to provide students with cash for the books they no longer need. Our official buyback periods are usually during final exams, but we buy course books almost any day the store is open (except for a few weeks at the beginning of the semester). The buyback price of a book is determined by a variety of factors. Course books fall into three categories: Wholesale books We buy books on behalf of a major used book wholesale company, which determines the price we pay. Most books have a 'wholesale' buyback value of 10% - 20% of the new book price. At the end of the buyback period, we will ship all books bought at the wholesale price back to the wholesaler. We receive a small commission for this work. Books we keep If an instructor has notified us that a book will be used in a course next semester, we will pay up to one-half of the current new book price (even if you bought the book used). We determine how many of these books we will need for a course and when we have met that anticipated goal for the upcoming semester, we will then usually buy the book at the 'wholesale books' price. By waiting until the official buyback period, there will be a greater likelihood that we will have received a course order from the professor, and can buy a book from you at up to half price rather than the wholesale amount. No Value books Some books are considered by the company we buy for as 'no value books,' and we cannot pay the student anything for them. You may donate these books to various book drives by leaving them in boxes or on carts outside the side door of the Odyssey.
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