I paused for a while to mull over whether I should sell all my textbooks from the summer and the fall quarter, or I should keep any individual textbook. After pondering for 0.01 second, I decided to sell them all.

There are three ways to sell those used textbooks for cash: A) sell to Stanford Bookstore for cash right away; B) trade in on Amazon.com for Amazon gift card; C) Follow what I just did.

A. Sell to Stanford Bookstore

- search the ISBN at this link:
- bring the books to Stanford Bookstore and get cash on the spot

B. Trade in on Amazon.com

- search the ISBN at this link (Amazon’s Trade-in Store):
- follow the website’s instructions, print out the shipping label, and ship out the books by the required date
- receive an Amazon gift card

C. Arbitrage between Stanford Bookstore and Amazon

- Stanford Bookstore offers cash right away, but mostly at discounted prices. For some books Amazon offers substantially higher prices (such as Microeconomics and Financial Accounting), but you get an Amazon gift card instead of cash, and Amazon may impose more strict conditions on the books. You just have to strike a balance.
- here’s my trades:

C1. Amazon Trade-in List:

Strategic Management

ISBN-13: 9780470009475, ISBN-10: 0470009470

Submitted Condition: Good Qty: 1

Expected Amount Per Item: $35.70

Microeconomics (6th Edition) (The Pearson Series in Economics)

ISBN-13: 9780131392632, ISBN-10: 0131392638

Submitted Condition: Good Qty: 1

Expected Amount Per Item: $97.51

Business and Its Environment (6th Edition)

ISBN-13: 9780136083924, ISBN-10: 0136083927

Submitted Condition: Good Qty: 1

Expected Amount Per Item: $12.25

As We Speak: How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick

ISBN-13: 9781439153086, ISBN-10: 1439153086

Submitted Condition: Good Qty: 1

Expected Amount Per Item: $1.00

The Modern Firm: Organizational Design for Performance and Growth

ISBN-13: 9780198293750, ISBN-10: 0198293755

Submitted Condition: Good Qty: 1

Expected Amount Per Item: $1.00

Financial Accounting [[3rd (third) Edition]]

ISBN-13: 9781934319604, ISBN-10: 1934319600

Submitted Condition: Good Qty: 1

Expected Amount Per Item: $96.05

Total Value from Amazon Trade-in: $243.51

C2. Stanford Bookstore Cash For Books

Title:  Complete Business Statistics
Edition:  8th
Author:  ACZEL
Publisher:  WOHL PUBLISHING, INC.
ISBN:  9781935938187
Unit Price:  $20.00

Title:  Improv Wisdom
Edition:
Author:  MADSON
Publisher:  CROWN PUBLISHING GROUP
ISBN:  9781400081882
Unit Price:  $2.00

Title:  Influence
Edition:  5th
Author:  CIALDINI
Publisher:  PRENTICE HALL, INC
ISBN:  9780205609994
Unit Price:  $4.00

Title:  Redefining Global Strategy
Edition:
Author:  GHEMAWAT
Publisher:  HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
ISBN:  9781591398660
Unit Price:  $4.00

Total Value from Stanford Bookstore Trade-in: $30.00