bookstore prices are outrageous
2006-07-13 08:13:51 · 13 answers · asked by Mic Y 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
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2006-07-13 08:15:16 · answer #1 · answered by intelligentaphrodite 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Half.com is an excellent site. I usually check how much they are in the local bookstore first, and then online. Some aren't much of a discount at all, maybe a few dollars, so I don't purchase them online; but others save upwards of $75/book. I usually get about three/four books a semester off half.com, and it saves me hundreds of dollars. Actually, this past semester I bought a brand new one online for $7, when it was $53 in the bookstore. Then I sold it back for $15, so I actually made money on that book.
2006-07-13 10:23:53 · answer #2 · answered by totempole99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tell my students to go to Amazon.com and buy the book from one of the independent sellers on there - not from Amazon. At least with them, you know what you're getting. I've had several people have VERY BAD EXPERIENCES with Alibris which many people swear by, but I think a lot of people swear AT them!! You pay for one book and get another and they take forever to respond. My advice on Alibris - steer clear. You might also check eBay and Half.com which is owned by eBay - they seem to own half of everything that has to do with selling on the web! I agree - textbooks are outlandishly high and they change editions every other year or two - and what do they do? They usually change the layout and pictures! I never use a book in most classes until at least the third week, by which time most people will have gotten their books at a decent price. Good luck.
2006-07-13 10:45:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2016-03-27 04:03:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Textbook411.com
You have to check it out, its the best site ever!!!!!!! it compares prices at all the major online bookstores!!! you always get the best deal and save sooooo much !!!
2006-07-14 08:10:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compare textbooks prices
2006-07-13 11:24:22 · answer #6 · answered by tp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Campusbooks.com because they compare prices among all the big book sites.
2006-07-13 08:53:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Half.com
2006-07-13 08:17:27 · answer #8 · answered by LL Cool J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy used textbooks on amazon.com
2006-07-13 08:15:24 · answer #9 · answered by Kats 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a second vote for half.com
2006-07-13 09:35:25 · answer #10 · answered by Spicoli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
half.com and ebay.com. you can also get intructor editions here.
2006-07-13 08:15:51 · answer #11 · answered by Kristonia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋