Need all experiences on buying new/used college textbooks.
Thanks

Just a vent: college textbooks are one of the biggest scams of all time. You pay $100 for a book. The next term the publishers have changed something thus making your book worthless. I wish someone would do something about that.

sorry I had to get that out!
I'm sure someone here knows as we had a thread like this before. Here, in the University district as well as downtown there are used book shops. I know there are also online options although, sorry, I don't know what they are. Maybe you can do a search if no one replies and find the old thread.

Good luck

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Get the ISBN for the college textbooks. Make sure the professor actually wants you to have a textbook. Chegg.com has been one of the best places to rent the textbooks in the past few years. Search the internet for the isbn to find the best price to either rent or buy.

My DD says that renting from Chegg.com has usually been the most cost effective method for her. Also she says check the Facebook page for your school as that is where alot of students sell their used books for less than you would be able to buy them used at the campus text book store.

you can also email the teachers and ask if older editions can be used, they are usually a lot cheaper.

My middle DD just graduated from college this past April and she was able to find some of her college textbooks off Paperbackswap.com you have to set up a swapping account, if you do not have the "credits" to trade for the book you want, you can buy a credit for $3. She was able to find at least one book each semester from there. $3 bucks beats the price you have to pay at the bookstore! She also, bought some off half.com and Amazon.com.

Anna is right, the college bookstore is the biggest ripoff ever! Way back when I went to college we didn't have any other options, unless we bought from another student. I have always thought it was such a ripoff. They sell you a book for $100, then they buy it back for about $20, then they resell it as a used book for about $90.

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half.com (part of ebay without the auction) is where I got most if not all of my books for each semester for the last few years. Many professors use books that have been out for a while and many colleges use the same ones.
It was the most cost effective way to purchase for me. Some books were only a few dollars as they were older. AND ....selling them back usually yields the same or close to the same price!
you can even pull the yearly invoice for your taxes, couldn't be easier!

HTH!

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