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Sell your used textbooks for beer
- mattsornson 16y agothis is awesome! My calc book is worth two kegs of heineken
- ryanboucher 16y agohow much is keystone?
- nkassis 16y agoI have a feeling that fraternities will become the biggest buyers of used calc text books.
- phwd 16y agoSounds like an idea but I don't think it will happen. Normally one can get a discount on kegs so no need for that. Kegs are only bought during public events (rush week, house parties ..etc) when they are an abundance of people at the bar. The same happens at Freshman Events. Also the older groups have good backings (alumni, club owners/promoters, student fundraisers)... definitely no need to cut corners like that for delayed cheques. Student Clubs' Stores (http://www.havenbooks.ca/ http://www.havenbooks.ca/) are more likely to buy used text books.
- ryanboucher 16y agothis is great. I am going to use it to sell my books right now.
- Newmind 16y agoBio book worth 1 keg of sam adams
- prawn 16y agoI chose some random physics book that was good for all of one bottle ($3.08)! Columns of kegs, cases, bottles need titles (icons are shockers), get a designer to help out in general too. I think the concept has potential as a viral gimmick that makes people think about selling old books, but your execution will need to look a little better before I passed the link around. Maybe suggest a fake book title for those who just want to kick the tires and see how it works?
- cvg 16y agoReally creative affiliate marketing.
- citricsquid 16y agoThe expanding images on rollover is awful usability, the site idea is clever. Does anyone have an example number I can use to see how it works? I don't have any text books and don't know what to search for on Amazon.
- DerekH 16y agoWe meant to post a Show HN. We'll work on the usability. We built this out of a startup weekend. Not exactly a startup yet, but we had a lot of fun. Thanks for the feedback.
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- filiwickers 16y agoYou can search for titles and authors too. Try typing in something like 'math' or 'economics' or anything...
- double122 16y agoNice idea, but: "We're sorry, but something went wrong." http://www.beerfortextbooks.com/results?brand=bud&q=ISBN+0131492020 http://www.beerfortextbooks.com/results?brand=bud&q=ISBN...
- jkent 16y agoI'd rather sell my textbooks for money (perhaps I don't like beer). I can then choose to buy wine, more books, cigarettes, course fees ... That said, it's kind of a neat way to find which site is paying the most for my books. Kudos for a simple execution.
- Pinckney 16y agoThe "Sell for Beer" buttons don't seem to do anything at all in Firefox 3.6.16 on Ubuntu 10.10. Otherwise a funny idea. Are there any laws about direct-mailing alcohol, though? It seems like much of your target market is legally prohibited from buying alcohol, and I would be surprised if there weren't restrictions in at least some states.
- DerekH 16y agoWe're working on the Firefox issues. Sorry about that. Thanks for the feedback though. We don't actually sell beer, but rather give you a quote of how much beer you could buy if you sold your book.
- pkananen 16y agoI only see one or two good beers for trade ;) Good idea, though.
- ryanboucher 16y agoMore beers will added soon
- movingtohawaii 16y agoAs an avid Keystone Light drinker, I'm disappointed that you show it in a bottle! I have never seen Keystone Light in a bottle, only cans (and kegs).
- srehnborg 16y agoI've seen Keystone Light sold in bottle form at Ohio University bars.
- jwb119 16y agoI initially thought this was going to let me sell my textbooks and have beer delivered to my door. Sadly, it looks like it just calculates the beer value of your books (unless I am missing something here).
- kgrzesiak 16y agosomething like that. we're actually offering links to online vendors (textbooksrus.com, chegg.com amazon.com, bookbyte.com, etc), that will send you a check for your books
- ryanboucher 16y agoThis works great with chrome and you can search by title as well
- brianbreslin 16y agoclever affiliate marketing scheme. what % do these sites give you on sales? 5%?
- DerekH 16y agoI'm not sure of the margins exactly, but I'll get one of the other co-founders to comment. I think 5% is in the range.
- zdw 16y agohttp://www.beerfortextbooks.com/beer_me?q=0452011876&brand=bud http://www.beerfortextbooks.com/beer_me?q=0452011876&bra... "Who is John Malt?"
- gsivil 16y agoI always found it sad: people waiting in lines to sell their text-books! Textbooks to beer converter sets a new low: it is pathetic