Selling
How to sell old textbooks in India (and actually get paid)
What your used books are really worth, how to photograph them so buyers trust you, and how payouts reach your UPI.
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Guides for students buying and selling old textbooks
Practical, India-specific explainers written around how OldTextBooks.com actually works — pricing, condition grading, syllabus-wise book hunting, wallet payouts and referral income. New articles are published as we expand each category.
Buying
Buying second-hand NCERT and CBSE books without getting burned
Edition checks, piracy red flags and a condition grading cheat-sheet for used school books.
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The JEE and NEET book list — and which titles to buy used
A working prep book list, plus which titles are safe to buy used and which are worth buying new.
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Engineering and MBBS semester books: how to cut your book bill
Semester-cycle timing, which references to own versus borrow, and when to resell.
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How used textbook pricing works
OldTextBooks suggests a selling price at 25% of the printed MRP, then adds a 15% platform margin for the buyer. This guide explains how that number is calculated, why condition matters, and how delivery is charged at ₹100 per 5 books.
Try the pricing flowFinding every book for your class or course
Search by class, grade or course — Class 9 to 12 CBSE and state boards, engineering and medical semesters, or JEE, NEET and UPSC prep — and the catalogue returns the full set of books listed for that syllabus.
Browse by syllabusBuying safely from another student
Every listing is reviewed before it goes live, photos show the real copy including its index and condition, and payment happens through a QR reference you can track from order to delivery.
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