BookScouter.com for Android
The official BookScouter.com app helps you search and compare used book and textbook prices from over 30 vendors, ensuring you get the most money when selling your books.
Scan the ISBN of your books using the camera on your phone, or type in the number manually, and receive real-time price quotes for your book.
Vendors in our search results include: Chegg, BookByte, TextbookRush, Powell's Books, Amazon.com, Bookstores.com, Valore Books, TopDollar4Books, BooksRun, eTextShop, CKY Books, Buyback Express, Buyback101, MyBookMonkey, RentText, Textbook Recycling, Textbooks.com, Cash4Books, SellBackYourBook, and BlueRocketBooks.
So works pretty well. Doesn't catalog books or allow for price tracking. All books I've scanned are valued as $0. Would be great if there was a British version. Thankfully I already know my books are valuable cause I used to price up old books for a large charity and know what to look for.
As soon as I open it it says no barcode scanner is detected. I have a barcode scanner app built in my phone (samsung s4) and I also have the one suggested to download by this app. Yet it still says no barcode scanner detected and it kicks me out.
I don't understand why this app doesn't have its own internal barcode scanner. I should be able to open the app on my phone, scan a book, and get offers... I should not have to purchase a separate scanner... with how high tech phones are today, that just makes this app so out-of-date....
A book we knew that had value and is selling for over $150+ came up a mere $2.27 on this app. Don't waste your time.
This app utterly sucks. It doesn't recognize books or prices. Even popular books come up with 0.00? Plus not even the title OR author show up when you scan it or manually enter the numbers.
I thought this app would be an excellent download choice as I am always reading and wondering if I could resell my books...Well, for books that I KNOW are worth money, I keep getting $0.00....just like some other reviewers.... This app is accurate because it does show the correct booms when the ISBN # is entered but...it could be better if it were fixed...deleting for now.
Does nothing. I input the ISBN, the background changes to show a stack of books, then absolutely nothing else happens. I'm using a Galaxy S4. Maybe you can fix it ?!?
This could be a really great app if it didn't close as soon as I got all my books scanned in. :( Please fix, it's the best one I've found so far as I can scan more than one in at a time
Unfortunately most books don't have value which is not the apps fault but the companies that are actually buying them. It sucks buying a book recently for $15 in perfect condition and companies will only give me $4 or less for it :/ Or all my old books that have no value which you wouldn't expect since they're harder to find oh well I guess things aren't ss valuable as expected. And again this app does its job the only problem i have with it is I can't scan multiple things together for one selling.
I don't have the SerialMagic scanner option on my amsung galaxy note 4 - so the app boots me off right away when I open it.... so sad
Downloaded the app and have tried a handful of a variety of books. They scan fine, but every book comes up $0.00 for the entire list. One of these books should have had some kind of value? Not sure why it's not working for me.
Every time I try to use the scanner an error pops up: failure. I've installed in twice and no dice. Typing in the isbn works, but to me that's removing half the utility of this app
When I scan it doesn't pull up anything the page is blank . There is no prices of any kind 0 or anything. It has been working and all the sudden it just quit will not do anything very angry.
The app is good but most likely the books youre looking to sell arent worth anything on here, unless youre an ex college student with several used textbooks.
So far I put in 3 different codes for 3 different books & they each show $0.00!!! How can I make money if $0.00 keeps showing up?!?!? Am I doing something wrong? PLEASE HELP!!!!
When it shows $0 that doesnt mean the book is worthless.....it just means those particular buyers dont need the book and that they might already have plenty in their inventories. Ive worked in collectible sports memorabilia and someone might bring me an item worth thousands but if I dont have a buyer it is in a sense worthless to me as I am a dealer not a collector.
The app works ok. It does not do Amazon as it shows in the screen shot so you miss a lot of books and have to use a separate app to get the Amazon trades. It could also use some updates as it has not been touched since 2011. I tried emailing the developer a few times and got no response
Love the freedom it brings. Wish I can use a different Barcode scanner than the one the recommended that one takes forever
I can resell my books online for $20 or $30 but when I looked at this app to compare, everything shown was $0.00
Scan function was working earlier, but now it's not searching. I scan a book but nothing happens. Please fix and I'll change to 5 stars thanks!
They wanted to take majority of my books for free or for under a dollar when they're worth is average $50 per. No thanks!
This would b a awesome app but nothing has and value it's all 0.00 even for a new book.
I like how easy it is to use until it pulls up a list of prices for the book you scanned. Every book shows its worth $0 across the board. Why hasn't this been addressed??
I have tried to scan several different books with no success. I have moved the scanner in/out and tried different lighting and positions and nothing happens it just keeps scanning. I am using an HTC Disire 510
Doesnt matter how need the book is some people just dont want the book's. Not the app's fault
I had this app in the past and liked it. Just installed it on my phone and every time I try to scan it goes to the Michael's app! Hating having to type in all numbers with the amount of books I have.
So far this app stinks. I have tried multiple books and none of them pull up prices!!
Tried to scan and at first, it took forever to scan and then when it finally did, it opened up my CVS app. Not a bad idea but poor execution.
I had big hopes for this app as I'm an avid reader, however every book scanned came back worth nothing. This app is not worth the space it takes up on my phone.
Would be nice if you could use a scanner like with QR codes to scan the barcodes...
Installed this app and used it for about a week. Then it came up with a Java Error. Uninstalled and reinstalled and still getting errors on most scans. some work, most don't. would love a fix for this.
It does exactly what it says it will do, scans books and gives the price. It would be even better if it remembered the books so you didn't have to keep scanning them. It would also be a nice way to show how much you'd be making if you sold them all.Some of the books I scanned came up as being bought from the same company but I would have to scan each individually then sell. Would save time if you did a bulk sell.
Anytime I click it tells me I have to install something else,when I try to the app crashes...never gotten past that and I have had it a couple weeks now,never opened one time
The app is good but most likely the books youre looking to sell arent worth anything on here, unless youre an ex college student with several used textbooks.
Scan function was working earlier, but now it's not searching. I scan a book but nothing happens. Please fix and I'll change to 5 stars thanks!
This app is totally useless! I even put in a James Patterson book just for the hell of it, w/without dashes, and it came up "NO VALUE! Since when? We all know his books are golden! And this a new book! PIECE OF CRAP!
I can't blame the app for low prices on books. That is based off of the website that it researches. however if you try to activate the scan function it will automatically crash the app. And then it will automatically crash when you launch the app anew. Then you are forced to uninstall and reinstall the app so that the system doesn't automatically try to use the scanning feature again when launched. Is is about as functional as a balloon covered in razor blades.
Not one single book has any value? This app doesn't inventory or anything. Very aggravating
Would be worth my time if books actually showed value of more than $0.00
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Its the best thing ever! I now go shopping with my fam just to make a profit! We've found so many valuable books! Some we pay a few cents for and get a couple of bucks outa this, and some we may pay a dollar and got 60 dollars or 20 bucks! Its so good. This is a must get app. Not every book is worth something even if that book is really good. Just make sure to check the requirements to sell the book or else they wont give you anything