Turn that textbook into an Amazon.com gift card

SEATTLE Amazon.com has launched a textbook trade-in program, which allows customers to exchange used textbooks in return for an Amazon.com gift card.

Students can visit www.amazon.com/tradeinbooks and search for the books they want to trade. Then students can print a pre-paid shipping label and drop the package in the mail. Once the book is received and verified by a third-party merchant, an Amazon.com gift card will be deposited into the student’s Amazon.com account.

“We’re thrilled to add the trade-in feature to the Amazon.com Textbooks store,” said Julie Todaro, director of books at Amazon.com. “Our student customers know they can rely on Amazon.com for a great selection of titles and low textbook prices, and we’re happy to be able to offer them another service to help them save money and time.”