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Have you checked out www.textbooksarecheap.com. These guys not only have the lowest prices but they do everything for you. All you need to do is submit your list of books at their website. I used it and its amazing.
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Where do I buy cheap college textbooks online?definitely eCRATER.
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Where do I buy cheap college textbooks online?You should buy used college textbooks at GreenTextbooks.com - Saving the Planet One Textbook at a Time GreenTextbooks.com is your online leader for finding used textbooks, DVDs, CDs. http://www.GreenTextbooks.com
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Hey Dan, I don't know about on-line, which would involve shipping and all the other mess. But I do recommend either using your own school's resources, or being the pioneer who sets up a competing system to interfere with and subvert the appalling practices of the "Used textbook" industry. If you are near a large urban area, you will have lots of options. (My kid parleyed a $500 amount into $150.00 on texts, and some saved for a plane ticket to Europe--I was impressed.) If by any chance you can hit the VNSA Booksale in Phoenix, you will be amazed. Also---these days there are critters I call the "Book Sharks" at that fair. They run thru there with scanners and stored titles and shopping carts. Although if you really want to get your books cheaply, you will do as I suggest and probably become an entepreneur I will beg to hire me in 5 years...the other option is to go on-line and find out who those "Book Sharks" are selling their books to, then take the hit of buying retail, not wholesale. The other suggestion I have, if you are a legitimately poor student, and not one who just wants to have more of the "parental units" money for beer and dope---is to go to your professors, confess that money is an issue in your life, and ask if they might know anyone from the last class who wants to sell their books privately to you, at a better rate than they will get from the Bookstore. You will be pleasantly surprised I suspect, by how warmly you will be treated. (I was in this situation and was given a prior edition of the English Lit text, with my Profs notes in it...I was flattered and felt blessed, and pretty clearly he did not plan on grading me down because I was using an older edition). Used text sites are probably a dime a dozen these days. but the human contacts ya get from asking other students, or your Profs----priceless. Be the starter, not the flour. Best wishes on your quest, good question.PS--buy used, but watch out for Dilbert's who underline too much. You want to have a used text that is either minimally hi-lighted, or hi-lighted by somebody who is more of a natural at the subject than you are! If you are really poor, use the copier for lab texts that only use a small portion of the expensive text.
That got me a job workng for a wonderful Chem and Anatomy instructor who could relate to my Scot side and was amused to see what I'd done. So if you are actually poor, be upfront about it. If not, go to a better search site. Main online search using keywords.
I always use http://www.bigwords.com They are a textbook search engine that searches all the online retailers and rental sites to fin dyou the best prices for your books. You can specify whether you want to search for used, new, or both types of books. The best part is that you can even use them at the end of the semester to sell your books too!
Ouch, $631 is pretty steep. First, make sure that you have to buy all of those books. If any are just recommended rather than mandatory purchases scrub them from the list. Second, talk to your profs and see if you can use an older edition. The current editions tend to be pricey, but older editions generally are a lot cheaper. Get the ISBN for each of your text books from someone sitting in class or by going to the student bookstore. Then take the ISBN and search for the best prices on the Internet. The attached article lists all the ways to save $. It is worth your effort. Just watch add-ons for shipping. If you find your textbooks at a site that charges shipping then do a google search for the name of the site and the words coupon code and see if they have any coupon codes for free shipping (for example, you'd search for "textbooks.com coupon code"). I try to never pay for shipping.
Have you checked it up on Amazon? I've got some used books at a cheaper price on Amazon, together with new books. You better be early or there will be less and less choice for used books there:
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We purchased our daughter's textbooks from Amazon.com. She received them within three days of ordering the books. The books were in excellent shape, two looked brand new.
Good luck.
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Truthfully I've been using this site called BookDig. A friend of mine sent me a link to it, It seems as if the majority of their book sales are processed through amazon.com but it's been reliable for me.
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Barnes and Noble are having a 20% off sale on used textbooks try there
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