The Book Exchange Network (TBXN) is a unique online
platform which connects students from different schools and helps them sell their used textbooks directly to each other. TBXN is FREE and is here to help education more affordable.
List your books at no charge, and use
the internal Message Center to communicate with other students to keep your email safe.
You will receive an email notification when someone tries to contact you.
How book exchange works
Seller
You need the books ISBN to sell a book. Please go to sell book for more information
A buyer would contact the seller through our Message Center. The Message Center will in turn send
an email message to the seller. Both parties continue to communicate through our Message Center and
receive a notification of messages via email as well
arrange
a meeting through our secure and confidential Message Center
Parties meet and complete the transaction
Spread the word
The more who know about book exchange, the more everyone saves. Help spread the word... encourage
your friends to post their used books. Ask your professors to mention TBXN in their classes or
make a direct link to books at TBXN.
Privacy Policy
Please see our security & privacy section on
how our Message Center keeps your email and other contact information secure
Adopt a Book Exchange program
Would you like to sponsor or setup a book exchange program for your school? We can help... and at no charge. Feel free to contact us.
Benefits
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Using this service is absolutely free. Of course, that does not mean free books. Buyers will still have to pay sellers the price they agreed on.
Buyers and sellers communicate via an internal messaging system, which keeps their contact information (e.g. email and phone number) fully confidential
Offline book exchange programs have been in place in various colleges and universities for decades.
After the invent of the World Wide Web,
some offline book exchange programs added an online component. TBXN's development was initiated as a result of
personal need of its founder for his students.
Today, many colleges and universities have adopted various forms of book exchange programs and other means to improve
textbook affordability.
Philosophy
Our philosophy is simple - help education, help the world. A major factor in education is affordability, and textbook affordability is a major cause of hardship among students. So here's The Book Exchange Program, free of charge.
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