What is the cheapest place to buy college textbooks in reasonable quality?
rossh asked:
Yeah. What the question says. Reasonable meaning still useful. I don’t mind a little bit of highlighting or the like. I don’t want to rent.
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Yeah. What the question says. Reasonable meaning still useful. I don’t mind a little bit of highlighting or the like. I don’t want to rent.
October 10th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Try. Richard
October 11th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I’ve used and had great results. They are a textbook search engine that searches all the other online retailers and finds the best prices for the books you need. You can even specify whether you want to search for new, used or both. It’s pretty cool.
Hope this was of help. J. Scott
October 13th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I wouldn’t suggest “renting” books because if you wind up really enjoying a course, you’ll want to keep it in your personal collection, and perhaps use the books as a reference in term papers for semesters to come.
Here’s a great article with resources for buying books online. It suggests really good sites and compares different “college textbook” sites so you don’t get ripped off:
If you get your syllabus for class early (sometimes professors will post them online before the class starts), buy the books EARLY. Everyone in your class will go online and find the best deals that they can… so, be sure to be the early bird that catches the worm! Matthew
October 14th, 2009 at 3:13 am
Good question.
I usually always get my university books from amazon.com, sometimes it’s a little cheaper elsewhere (usually only by a dollar or two) but amazon.com is just the most safe, and usually cheapest. Brian A