What is AcademicBookTrade.co.uk?

AcademicBookTrade.co.uk is based in North London and is owned and run by Jane and Mark Plumbley, both of whom work for Colleges of the University of London. Mark, a lecturer in electronic engineering, manages the technical side. Jane deals with the business and marketing side: before moving into Higher Education marketing, she worked in academic publishing sales and marketing for 10 years.

There is always a need for books and information: AcademicBookTrade.co.uk has been set up to give you an easy way of putting your used books back into circulation: if you don’t want them any more, let them circulate and make you money at the same time, rather than sit unused in cupboards or on shelves. And when you want to buy an academic book, look on AcademicBookTrade.co.uk and save yourself money by buying from other students, academics or second-hand bookshops that specialise in academic books.

AcademicBookTrade.co.uk is a listing and information service only. We are there to put buyers and sellers of academic books in touch with each other, but we are not a bookshop, and we do not get involved in transactions between buyers and sellers.

Who is it for?

Anyone 18 or over who wants to buy or sell second-hand academic books and wants to reach a large, dedicated marketplace of other people who also want to buy and sell academic books.

Students
Remember the booksale you found out about 3 days after it had happened? Now you can find the books you need any time at second-hand prices, available from across the UK academic community, and sell the books you’ve finished with at the same time. Making money and saving money at the same time. The more students that use this service, the more books you will have to choose from when you want to buy, and the more customers you will have when you want to sell. So if you think it’s a good idea, please use the Email This Page to a Friend option which you’ll find on every page.

Academics
This site will give you access not only to the academic stock of some of the best second-hand bookshops around the country, but also to books from individual collections. And if you have books you no longer want, you can sell them here too. If you would like to help your students both make and save money on their books, please put a link to our site from your Departmental website, and email them with the information. If you’d like posters and postcards to display and give out, we’ll be happy to send you some. Please request them via our enquiry form using the Request Literature option.

Second-hand Bookshops
Our dedicated site is highly targeted specifically to attract just the people who will buy your academic books. To find out how we can help you and about our introductory FREE offer to bookshops, send us your details via our enquiry form using the Booksellers Enquiry option.

Students’ Unions
This service is currently FREE to students. If you’d like to help your students save money and make money, posters and cards to tell them about the site are now available, and if your union has a website and/or an email list please include a link to our site. To request posters, or to find out how we can help you with your local booksale send us your details via our enquiry form using the Student Union Enquiry option.