Ask ECTC

 Q: I am getting ready to take my finals and want to sell my books back to the bookstore. What do I need to know to sell them?

 A: Your ECTC Bookstore buys books all year long, but the best time to sell your books is when finals start. We will pay you 50 percent of the book’s selling price if your professors have assigned it for the next term and the bookstore is not overstocked.

If the book does not meet these criteria, prices are determined by the current national demand and the books are bought for a used book company and shipped to them.

All books must be in good condition. Study guides and workbooks must be “like new” without any writing on their pages. Please note, in some cases, professors may request that we do not buy study guides or workbooks back.

Some books have little or no monetary value such as out-of-print books and old editions. These books are not in national demand and we cannot buy them.

A receipt is not needed to sell back your textbooks

Q: What do I need to bring to sell my books?

A: For student’s protection, we always require those selling books to show a current driver's license or picture ID.

Q: When is the bookstore open?

A: Bookstore hours for buyback this coming week are:

8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, May 12-15                         

8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, May 16 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 17

The bookstore also will buy books at the Fort Knox Education Center at the following times:          

noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 15                 

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, May 16

Your ECTC Bookstore is in the Central Regional Postsecondary Education Center on campus.   NUMBERS TO KNOW

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College

(270) 706-8800 – Welcome and Admissions Center

(877) 246-2322, Ext. 68800 (toll-free)

(270) 706-8858 or (502) 942-0101 – Fort Knox Campus

(270) 706-8700 Community and Economic Development Center

600 College Street Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701

www.elizabethtown.kctcs.edu

  “Ask ECTC” answers questions about college commonly asked by high school students and adults. If you have specific questions about your situation, contact Elizabethtown Community and Technical College at one of the following numbers. If you have a question you’d like to see answered in this column, please send it to maryjo.king@kctcs.edu. This column is by Pamela Bentley, Barnes and Noble Bookstore Manager at ECTC. Pam can be reached at (270) 706-8728, or bkselizabethtown@bncollege.com.