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I need to buy 5 college textbooks. Where can I find the cheapest ones? Either online, or in stores? Also, where can i find out the exact texbook i need for the courses I am taking?
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I have had this same problem, but gone are the days where I will pay full price for a text book.
The best sight I have found, and the cheapest is
www.abebooks.com
You can also try www.Amazon.com
When they send you the course syllabus the books that are required should also be listed. You need the ISBN numbers for each book. Then when you go to the abebook site or amazon, you can search on the ISBN number. You must make sure that you are getting the correct year and the correct edition. Many textbooks are reprinted up to 10 times or more. So if the course required the 10th edition, published in 2006. the ISBN number will be unique to that edition. Also many text books have an INTERNATIONAL EDITION.
And they are cheaper, and in MOST cases, they will do. Where you run into problems is when a text book comes with a CD that allows on-line interaction with the publishers website. Some professors use those sites, some do not. Many used books will not come with the CD, or the CD has already been registered and you can't register it again.
Most professors will tell you in their course syllabus whether or not the text comes with a CD and whether or not you will need the CD for the course.
Later when the course is over, I have had good luck listing my text books for sale on AMazon.com
So you might want to look into that when your courses are over.
Good luck to you
Michele
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