BooksRun: Sell books for cash

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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
Jun 14, 2026

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.
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Ratings and reviews

4.4
958 reviews
Danielle Logan
April 20, 2026
I posted my first review after initially having a positive experience with BooksRun. After I posted this five star review, I noticed a sharp decline in customer service, like waiting extremely long periods for payment on books, payments under review with no explanation and even them changing the prices they were willing to pay AFTER I'd sent them the books and a totally different price was AGREED upon. In my opinion, this is shady behavior and I'm not sure if I will continue using them or not.
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BooksRun
April 20, 2026
Dear User, Could you please contact us via email at support@booksrun.com and state issue #GPBR04202601? We’d love to hear more about this issue in order to assist you. - BooksRunTeam
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.
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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
A Google user
December 7, 2019
Super convenient and easy-to-use! The barcode scanner stays on until you're done scanning ALL of your books. I love that. I made a quick $60 in just 15 minutes. Only 19 of my books were accepted but that's better than nothing. I'll take it! 😁 Update: It took 6 days for them to receive my shipment. After that, it took another 3 days for them to process it. Once processed, I received my payment within 24 hours (although it is said that it can take up to 4 days). Overall, a very pleasant experience. No issues.
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BooksRun
November 26, 2019
Thank you for such an excellent review, Charnita! We are so glad to see that you are satisfied with our services! - BooksRun Team

What’s new

Minor bug fixes & Improvements