Cheap Textbooks?Yes, and Free Textbooks, TooNo BrainersA) Start early. It's never too soon to find that bargain. Read My Secret. B) Think ahead. What textbooks do you need for the whole year? C) Sell your old textbooks immediately - they lose value fast. Sometimes it's better just to buy cheap textbooks from the campus bookstore. Keep your little eye's wide open for the salacious deal. Definitely don't sell your textbooks back to the campus bookstore -- unless time is more of an issue You'll always get a better price selling your used books on the school bulletin board, or online - either ebay, ecampus or Amazon.
3 StrategiesThree strategies I have used to get cheap (or free) textbooks. 1. If the book is a classic, such as Pride and Prejudice or Plato's Republic, there is no reason to buy a hardcopy. Most classics are now online at Project Gutenberg. Full text. FREE. 2. Always, always, always get the specific ISBN from your instructor before you dive into the online textbook trade. Without the ISBN number you can end up buying the wrong edition, the workbook instead of the text, or even the wrong book -- but same title. I've done all of the above! Not a good surprise. 3. Ask the instructor if it's absolutely important to get the newest edition of the textbook. At least fifty percent of the time I hear... "nah".
The newest edition of any textbook is always at least 80% more expensive than the older edition. And the older edition is often available brand new, so you don't have to use some yucky, scruggy looking, used textbook. Sweet.
First get the correct ISBN -- then check these textbook search engines...
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