BooksRun: Sell books for cash

4.2
767 reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

With BooksRun, selling your used books and college textbooks has never been easier!

BooksRun gives books a new life while putting extra cash in your pocket. It helps make books more accessible, affordable, and sustainable. With the BooksRun book scanner app, you can quickly sell back your book—whether you need to clear out your bookshelf or find a great book deal for your old fiction or nonfiction copy.

BooksRun mobile scanner is a handy sell-books-for-cash app favored by book scouts, casual sellers, students, and book lovers. You can sell textbook editions used in college courses (e.g., business, science, medicine, law, etc.) and list trade books from popular genres like romantasy, science fiction, self-help, history, manga, and comics—along with any other titles you want to sell.

How to sell books with BooksRun?

With BooksRun, you can sell back your book in a few steps at the best price. The app serves as your mobile barcode scanner and buyback book price checker, ensuring you always get a fair offer.

Scan the barcode or type the ISBN.
Get an instant buyback quote.
Ship your used books for FREE using a QR code and a prepaid shipping label.
Get cash for books once the order is processed (by check or PayPal within 2 business days).

Why choose BooksRun?

Sell books or textbooks instantly—BooksRun offers high prices and pays for shipping. The app is 100% FREE to download and use! If you have used college textbooks and old books for selling, all you need is a smartphone and a working Internet connection.

- Best prices—Get the best offers for your old copies compared to other book-selling platforms.
- Prompt and secure pay-outs—The swift transaction to your PayPal or by check.
- Free shipping—We provide FREE shipping on all buyback orders!
- ISBN scanner—Scan multiple items quickly.
- Built-in keypad—Type ISBNs faster by using 978 or X shortcuts.
- Eco-friendly—Help keep the cycle of book resell going and give them a new life.

BooksRun isn't just another sell textbook app—it's a smarter way to trade and get cash for books. It's a smart buyback online alternative to any thrift bookshop or seller like Half Price Books, as well as a picky college bookstore.

BooksRun: Sell your books anytime and anywhere

Join thousands of booksellers using one of the top-selling apps in my local area. Download BooksRun now and turn your books for selling into instant cash!

For a smooth and convenient experience with more options to sell and buy books or take advantage of textbook rental services, visit the BooksRun platform: https://booksrun.com/.

Terms and Conditions: https://booksrun.com/page/terms-and-conditions
Privacy Policy: https://booksrun.com/page/privacy-policy

We value your feedback! If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to email us at support@booksrun.com.
Updated on
Dec 9, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info
This app may collect these data types
Personal info and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
753 reviews
A Google user
October 18, 2018
Fast, easy and fair. I got the original prices quoted on the books. I was concerned they may grade them lower and pay less. It took 6 days from dropping off the boxes at a shipping center until payment hit my pay pal account. It was a simple and efficient process. Very happy. People that complain about books not being accepted need to understand how the textbook market works. New editions come out quickly which drastically reduce values. That's the publishers fault. You can't blame booksrun for not buying your books if there is no resale value. I had a few books they didn't want, only one was worth something at a different buyer. Overall, after checking prices between booksrun and other places they accepted the most with best average overall price. To make more I would have had to hassle with shipping small boxes to several companies to make maybe a couple bucks more.
49 people found this review helpful
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BooksRun
October 19, 2018
Dear Allie, We do appreciate your feedback regarding our services. We would be very happy to see you among our customers more in the future. Please do not hesitate to contact us directly with the reference to such a review so that we could provide you with our special offer for regular customers. Regards, BooksRun Team
Akim Mobley
December 20, 2023
I recently sold 79 books in 3 separate transactions to this service, they marked down the price of a few books, no complaints there. The orders has been marked process and pass 4 days no sign of payment to PayPal, or any contact with the company. I'll post again in a week to update status. The transactions from these books was also chosen to help 3 families through the angel tree.
15 people found this review helpful
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BooksRun
January 3, 2024
Please contact us directly at info@booksrun.com so that the matter could be resolved in the most appropriate manner. - BooksRun Team
Samantha DiPrisco (Sam D.)
October 8, 2022
Conveniently see the total $ as you go, inconvenient that payout method is not one of the 1st things (paypal). Also, they do NOT actually buy back that many. Actually btwn this & bookscouter (tiny bit better as shows $ from all sites) - MOST books either cant sell, or wont get more than a few cents...so idk what "HIGH" prices they're talking about. No PayPal acct & check? Really? Not waiting 4 mailed $ - uninstalling...waste of time..
27 people found this review helpful
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BooksRun
October 12, 2022
Dear User, Could you please contact us via email at info@booksrun.com and state issue #GPBR10122202? We’d love to hear more about this issue in order to assist you. - BooksRunTeam

What’s new

Your BooksRun app just got better.
- UX improvements for clearer navigation and faster selling.
- Minor fixes and performance polish to keep everything running smoothly.