Friday, January 20, 2012

College books?

What is a good website to purchase cheap college books? New and Used?College books?
This semester, I bought all of my books off of ebay and half.com. I like buying through them because I often get my books 50% off of bookstore prices. This semester, all but one of my books were brand new. I bought a $160 biology book for $45 and a $130 Algebra book for $35. It definately could be worth a look!



A good tip, though, is to only buy books that have the buyer protection on them through Ebay because if they never send you the book after you have paid, ebay will reimburse you. Also, it only took my books around 3 or so days to arrive!!



Good luck!!
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College books?
friends get an additional 5% of their textbook rental orders and an extra $5 when they sell their used textbooks back to Chegg.



Just use the promo code CC126081 for an additional 5% off. It's really worth it. It's free shipping too. I'm a college student and I love it.

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I think Amazon has a used section. You might also try www.abebooks.com .College books?
Your college book store usually has new and used books at the same price you'll find anywhere else - you may be able to find slightly cheaper prices on specific books, but you have to be careful to find the right edition of the text.

You can search online at sites like Varsitybooks, Ebay, Craig's List, and so on, but your college bookstore isn't going to rip you off.
go can check out all the website below
It is hard to find the books you want at a good price. Perhaps your local home campus has a bulletin board with the books that you need.



Wes Houck

www.StudentBookTrades.com



****List your books for free and search/trade/buy/sell with other students at the same campus, locally, or nationwide. See all the books available at your home campus****
this one is good too.

http://www.half.ebay.com/
I have been buying books from the following three sites for years,



Amazon.com

Half.com

Textbookx.com



For more savings, get the book in paperback if it is available. While paperbacks are not as durable as hardbacks, some hardbacks suck and fall apart anyways.



Usually on textbookx or half, third party sellers (like small businesses or people selling the book) will sell the international edition of a book (make sure it is in English... they usually say it is, but contact the seller to make sure if you want). These are a lot cheaper and paperback from the ones I bought. Only problem is they have a different ISBN number, since it was produced in another country. So, selling it within the US is useless unless you do it online or informally.
your university book store or Amazon but make sure you get the correct edition that you need. For next semester, make friends with people taking the classes you will be signing up for and offer to pay them what the used book buyers are offering them. I saved a ton in Grad school doing this.
go to http://www.bookfinder.com/

it will search multiple websites for the book with the lowest price
amazon
try amazon.com

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