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Text Books
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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An astonishing number of your cheap college text books can be found on www.eBay.com and www.half.com
You can also check craig's list... nothing like a free college textbook or two to brighten your academic outlook on life. :-)
Truly a life save if you are schooling on a budget.
So how to make sure you have the right one? Well, easy: jot down the ISBN number and the publication year. Then go searching and match the on-line text book to your textbook at the college book store.
Have a nice time in school. Study now, party later. :-)
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Well, my sister goes to college and she's found that buying used testbooks online are much cheaper than at the college stores. So go on eBay or Amazone to browse for books. And the books will be listed in the course you're taking or if it isn't, e-mail your professor. I'm sure he/she will be glad to tell you
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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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