College Student Buys & Sells Textbooks with Mark Sheffield | Bookdrop | Textbook Industry

College Student Buys & Sells Textbooks with Mark Sheffield | Bookdrop | Textbook Industry

Author: Manga Sensei: Daily Japanese Learning October 26, 2019 Duration: 35:19
Mark started selling textbooks to make a little extra money and turned the hustle into a full-time business. Bookdrop is growing rapidly and is being used in 18 universities! 3:54 Bookdrop story. 9:37 How big the textbook industry is. 24:35 A general idea of profit per book sold. 26:55 the vision for Bookdrop and where it can go.

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