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Help Spread BookScouter: Spring 2011 Flyer Available

News & Updates By April 19, 2011 Last Updated on September 23, 2021 by BookScouter No Comments

Spring 2011 BookScouter Flyer
Have you used BookScouter to sell your textbooks for a ton of cash? You can help other students to earn more cash for their books as well by telling them about BookScouter. We’ve created a simple flyer that you can print and hang up around campus. They are perfect for bulletin boards in cafeterias, dorms, popular classrooms, and anywhere that students are likely to be found.

Please make sure to obey any rules regarding the posting of flyers. Some places may require approval before pinning up flyers (This is usually noted somewhere on the board). Also, please be responsible and take the flyers down after your school’s buyback period is over.

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BookScouter will be at the 2011 Amazon Sellers Conference

News & Updates By April 10, 2011 Last Updated on September 23, 2021 by BookScouter No Comments

I’m pleased to announce that BookScouter will have a table at the Amazon Sellers Conference for Online Entrepreneurs (SCOE) in Seattle from July 8th through 11th. This will be our first trade show, and I’m hoping to be able to unveil a couple of additional tools on the website designed specifically for small- and mid-sized book resellers. I’m also working on putting together some “swag” to give away. What do people prefer? T-Shirts? Mouse Pads? Pens?

Borders Bookstores Closings Mean Good Deals

News & Updates By February 21, 2011 Last Updated on September 23, 2021 by BookScouter No Comments

In case you haven’t heard yet, Borders Bookstores has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is closing around 200 of its 600+ stores across the country. The stores that are closing will be liquidating their inventory which means that some good deals can be found. You can check this link for a list of Borders Store Closings to find one near you.

BookScouter Feedback Rules

News & Updates By February 15, 2011 Last Updated on September 23, 2021 by BookScouter No Comments

Due to some recent feedback from vendors on BookScouter’s feedback system, I’ve recently made a couple of minor modifications to the feedback page and the criteria that I use to approve feedback. When a user is submitting feedback, the following text is now displayed at the bottom of the page:

“Each feedback submitted is manually reviewed and approved before being displayed on the site. Ultimately, BookScouter may approve or reject feedback for any reason. We try to be as fair as possible and may not approve feedback for some of the reasons noted below.”

  • Vulgar or offensive language, including name-calling.
  • Poor grammer, punctation, spelling, or the use of all caps.
  • Comments not specificly related to the vendor for which it was submitted.
  • Comments not related to selling back books.
  • If we have reason to believe that a vendor is incentivising users to leave positive feedback for themselves or negative feedback for somebody else.
  • Only one comment per user, per vendor is allowed. The most recent feedback will be displayed.

I also fancied up the page a little bit by adding a clickable-star selection instead of a drop-down box with numbers.

Finally, when submitting negative feedback for a Preferred vendor, users have the option of using me to contact the vendor on their behalf and try to have their complaint resolved directly. These are vendors that I believe provide good customer service, and I will try to work with my contacts at these companies to ensure that BookScouter users have the positive experience that I expect.

Top 100 Books Searched in 2011

All about books By February 12, 2011 Last Updated on September 23, 2021 by BookScouter No Comments

Below are the top 100 books searched on BookScouter in 2011. It’s a snippet into our past tastes and preferences, as well as popular trends!

1594480001 The Kite Runner
0143038419 Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across It
0142001740 The Secret Life of Bees
0805368442 Biology: Nasta Edition
0143038257 Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . .
0671708635 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
0964729237 The Shack
1557987912 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
1400032717 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
0316024961 New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)
1449998321 Your Guide to the CFP Certification Exam: A Supplement to Fi
1582701709 The Secret
0316015849 Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
0452289963 A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book
0786881852 Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff–and it’s all small stuff (Don’t
0143037145 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
0136006175 Chemistry: The Central Science (11th Edition)
0385484518 Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Gr
0786868716 The Five People You Meet in Heaven
0385474547 Things Fall Apart: A Novel
1573225789 The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mothe
1565125606 Water for Elephants: A Novel
0321489845 Biology: Concepts and Connections with mybiology” (6th Editi
0399144463 Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Y
0679772677 A Civil Action
1439078092 Financial Management: Theory & Practice (with Thomson ONE –
0205578705 Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach (8th Editi
031606792x Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)
0375702709 A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah’s Book Club)
0786866020 Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
0684801523 The Great Gatsby
0495011665 Calculus: Early Transcendentals (Stewart’s Calculus Series)
0066620996 Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Other
0385504209 The Da Vinci Code
013501882X Society: The Basics (10th Edition)
0449005615 Seabiscuit: An American Legend
0316346624 The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Differen
0805063897 Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
0345392825 Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Bal
0310205719 The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
0495557927 Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life
0684856093 The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens
074324754X The Glass Castle: A Memoir
1594489505 A Thousand Splendid Suns
067976402x Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel
0375725601 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at
0767902890 The Things They Carried
0470095156 Operations Management: Creating Value Along the Supply Chain
159562015X StrengthsFinder 2.0
1558743669 A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive
0375707972 The Reader (Oprah’s Book Club)
081297106X Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
0136108865 Financial Accounting (8th Edition)
0321543254 Biology with MasteringBiology (8th Edition)
0307454541 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
0374500010 Night (Oprah’s Book Club)
0156027321 Life of Pi
030746363X The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incred
039592720X Interpreter of Maladies
1878424319 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (
0060915544 The Bean Trees
0312683065 Step by Step to College and Career Success
0307387895 The Road (Oprah’s Book Club)
032150111x Precalculus: Functions and Graphs (3rd Edition)
1401303277 For One More Day
032159231x Organic Chemistry (7th Edition)
0800759494 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life
1400034779 The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (Book 1)
015602943X The Time Traveler’s Wife
0767900383 Under the Tuscan Sun
1401323251 The Last Lecture
0321560043 Principles of Chemistry: A Molecular Approach
0374525641 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
1565129776 A Reliable Wife
0140157352 Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
020557968X Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research (4th Editi
0495011606 Calculus (Stewart’s Calculus Series)
0716771411 Exploring Psychology
076790592X Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Gr
038572179X Atonement: A Novel
068484267x Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir
0812971833 Olive Kitteridge
0385486804 Into the Wild
0873529863 MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
0451225244 The Pillars of the Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Oprah’s Book Club
0805395695 Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th Edition
080537146X Biology, 7th Edition (Book & CD-ROM)
0545010225 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
0316666343 The Lovely Bones: A Novel
0060929871 Brave New World
0312195516 The Red Tent
0060931418 Their Eyes Were Watching God
059035342x Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1)
0743201140 Now, Discover Your Strengths
0425162443 The Rapture of Canaan
044651652x The Bridges of Madison County
0324826842 Microsoft Office 2007: Introductory Concepts and Techniques
0321193687 UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling
0136019706 Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, & Biological