BookTrapper: Sell Textbooks

Ben Warren

About this app

Scan a book. Compare prices. Make a smarter decision.

BookTrapper helps you compare available sell, buy, and rental offers for used books and college textbooks. Scan a barcode or enter an ISBN to see offers from multiple online book vendors in one place.

SELL BOOKS

See what participating book buyers are currently offering for your book. Compare available buyback prices before choosing where to sell.

BUY BOOKS

Compare listings from online booksellers and find purchasing options without checking multiple websites individually.

RENT TEXTBOOKS

Review available textbook rental offers and compare rental periods and prices before committing.

BUILT FOR FAST ISBN SEARCHES

• Scan book barcodes with your phone
• Enter ISBNs manually when a barcode is unavailable
• Switch between Sell, Buy, and Rent results
• Save promising books for later
• Keep an organized history of recent ISBN searches
• Repeated searches move to the top without creating duplicate history entries
• Open the selected offer directly on the vendor’s website

FOR STUDENTS AND BOOK RESELLERS

BookTrapper is useful whether you are selling last semester’s textbooks, checking a thrift-store book’s value, sourcing inventory, or comparing prices before buying your next course book.

Prices, availability, shipping, payment methods, and book-condition requirements are determined by each vendor and may change. Transactions are completed on the vendor’s website.

Some outbound links may be affiliate links. BookTrapper may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.

Ratings and reviews

I downloaded this app as well as three other similar book selling apps & this is definitely the worst of the total four that I downloaded BY FAR. I tried scanning two piles of books, maybe 5-10 total in each, & while the other three apps showed the exact same results, this app showed that none of the books were sellable to any book companies. I have yet to even find one single book that is sellable through this app. Definitely not impressed. Immediately uninstalled.

I ended up not using the app because it seems to be mainly for textbooks. Most of everything I scanned was only worth a few pennies to them so I listed on ebay and amazon instead. The app itself seemed to work fine because it gave me no issues.

So far a great timesaving tool! I just started using it a few days ago but it has already introduced me to a number of new places to sell that I was unaware of and also resulted in me making more money than I otherwise would have. Overall very pleased. Thank you for such a clean, straightforward, user friendly app!

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