12 Fun Things to Buy After You Sell Your Used Textbooks to B&N

School’s almost here, and you know what that means: time to hoard your dollars for back to school supplies, not to mention great new fall book releases. How to fund these ventures? Why not start by selling off your stack of old textbooks? Yep, B&N wants to buy your used textbooks, and you just might be sitting on a goldmine.
Or if not quite a goldmine, certainly enough to keep a book nerd very happy this autumn. While everyone is slinging coffee and selling plasma to earn some spending money, you’ll be living a life of leisure with your textbook buyback dollars.
Lest that hard-earned cash burn a hole in your pocket, we thought we’d help you see all the possibilities of your newfound buying power. Check out our list of things that book nerds can spend their textbook buyback money on:
1. More books!
They say money doesn’t buy happiness, but it does buy books. And that’s practically the same thing.
2. Hot cocoa, a sweater with elbow patches, and a new pair of wire-rims
Basically, you can buy all the essentials you need for reading in the park. You’ll probably even have money left over for a street vendor hot pretzel.
3. A first edition of one of your favorite novels
Who would’ve thought that the organic chemistry textbook you hated would end up jumpstarting your antiquarian book collection?
4. A fringed scarf
Because how else can you read outdoors in comfort and style? Invest in a good one, because this’ll probably be your office for the next three months.
5. A new bookshelf
Let’s face it, you’re running out of space on your existing bookshelves, and all your new summer paperbacks need to live somewhere.
6. A literary theme party
Spread the wealth by hosting a literary shindig. Ask everyone to come in costume, and splurge on decorations, refreshments, and party favors to round out the book-centric theme.
7. Book club swag
Show your love for your book club members by buying them all T-shirts or hats emblazoned with your club’s name. Now you can all sport matching “The Paperback and Pie Appreciation Society” sweatshirts.
8. Tickets to the movie version of a book
There are so many adaptations of great books coming out this year. Grab a fellow book nerd friend, arm yourself with a giant tub of popcorn, and get ready to compare the book to the movie.
9. A headlamp
Trust me. It’s much easier to read at night with a headlamp than a flashlight. Perfect for those cool nights when you want to keep reading outside.
10. A personalized book embosser
Now that you’re rolling in textbook buyback dough, you can afford to be a little fancy and make your mark on all the books you want to keep forever.
11. Noise-canceling headphones
Who knew that just a few textbooks could buy you peace and quiet? Now you can read your book anywhere you want and nobody can disturb you.
12. A new book bag
If your book bag is worn out from a year of lugging textbooks around, maybe it’s time to invest in a new one. Pick one that can stand up to the challenge of carrying five novels and a giant thermos of hot coffee around all fall.
What would you splurge on with your B&N Textbook Buyback bucks?