Where I am in Britain, we have two bookstores in the college. One is run by a large corporation that sells the books new, whereas another is actually run by the college (with the help of the student union) and sells only second hand books. As my experience goes, they both sell and buy second hand books for very reasonable prices since they're doing it on behalf of the student body.
Some of the books aren't in particularly good condition, but as long as you treat them well, they can simply be sold back to the bookshop at the end of the year for about the same price as you bought them for.
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Where I am in Britain, we have two bookstores in the college. One is run by a large corporation that sells the books new, whereas another is actually run by the college (with the help of the student union) and sells only second hand books. As my experience goes, they both sell and buy second hand books for very reasonable prices since they're doing it on behalf of the student body.
Some of the books aren't in particularly good condition, but as long as you treat them well, they can simply be sold back to the bookshop at the end of the year for about the same price as you bought them for.