Live marketplace sample
UK used textbook price index
An anonymised snapshot of what university textbooks are listed and sold for on UniBookTrade, grouped by subject and published with the sample sizes intact.
Snapshot generated 6 August 2026. No personal or listing-level data is published.
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Active sample
2,293
Median asking price
£11.00
Sold sample (12 months)
10
Median sold price
£22.25
By subject
Price and sample size by academic subject
The bars show sample size, not popularity across the whole UK. A median based on a small sample should be treated cautiously.
Methodology v1
What these numbers do—and do not—mean
Active figures use the seller's book price for listings live at the snapshot time. Sold figures use the book price on UBT sales since 6 August 2025. Delivery and buyer-service charges are excluded from both.
We use the median rather than the mean so one unusually high or low listing has less effect. Free, zero-price and invalid rows are excluded. Subjects are normalised from book metadata and each listing contributes to one primary subject group.
This is a UniBookTrade marketplace sample—not a claim about all UK textbook transactions. Inventory mix, subject coverage and sample size change over time. Cite the snapshot date and sample size whenever reusing the data.
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