Textbooks?

[jelvenko]

Just curious... Where do you get your textbooks from for classes?
Do you buy them in the campus bookstore, get them online, from a friend who has previously taken the class, or somewhere else?

Just wondering... Poll is included.

 

[MrsSeptemberPenguin]

I've always gotten it from the bookstore, but i'm considering online this year, but i gotta wait and find out about my classes and what's available

 

[K9_Trainer]

Depends on the book.

If I can get it off of amazon and it's cheaper than ordering it from the bookstore, then that's where I get it from. If I can get it from a friend, then I do that too.

 

[Fed]

Usually online since it's cheaper. If it's like $5 more expensive at the bookstore I won't bother cause with shipping and everything it's not worth it.

 

[jelvenko]

I've usually gotten mine at the campus bookstore, because I used my financial aid to get them... However, I have gotten books from friends who have previously taken the class.

This year I'm looking at getting them online. But am having problems finding some of them... Any suggestions as to what websites have textbooks for a decent price?

 

[Ellesar]

I usually always get mine online, or in the bookstore if I'm unable to get them online. I've always found www.half.com to be a good source for cheap textbooks

 

[jebiv]

Most of my textbooks are large hardcover science books, so those are all significantly cheaper on amazon (by about half). However, for small books for humanities courses, the price isn't very different for the bookstore. Last semester I bought some international edition paperback books online (I forget where). They were extremely inexpensive, but I've decided not to do that anymore since the reason they sell books so cheaply is so students in much poorer countries can afford them, and if people like me are buying them I suspect those prices will start to go up.

 

[Mr.Cheese]

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[jelvenko]

Thanks for the suggestions on websites. I've been looking on Half.com and Ebay. But there's one book that I can't find anywhere. Also, been having problems finding the correct edition of the books I need... I guess I'll have to check out Amazon...

 

[Fed]

Check out isbn.nu - it's like a search engine of online bookstores.

 

[Andres88]

I either buy them or just use the university's library.

 

[rita727]

last year i bought them from the campus bookstore.

now, i'm getting them from online. (ebay, amazon, textbookx....) I've already saved $200-300--at least!

 

[The Princess Bride]

Usually the bookstore, otherwise my scholarships don't pay for it.

 

[jelvenko]

Well, I was able to get all but one of my textbooks at the bookstore this semester. The one I wasn't able to I got off Ebay for $90 less than what I would've paid in the bookstore.

 

[kittysbecute]

I've gotten them online, from the campus bookstore, from a friend who previously took the class, and from the section in my library that sells books (I once found my text book for $1.00). Also once my friend who had money and didn't want to share her text book with me because it was hard, bought me my own copy.

I have also searched in the college library catalog and local libraries to see if they had the text books. Many times that worked for when I needed to read the books, I'd just check them out or go to the library that had the book and read it there.

 

[desert_island_1]

I've usually gotten mine at the campus bookstore, because I used my financial aid to get them... However, I have gotten books from friends who have previously taken the class.

This year I'm looking at getting them online. But am having problems finding some of them... Any suggestions as to what websites have textbooks for a decent price?

Try Amazon. That is where I get most of mine. Either that, or I look them up at Chapters (a chain bookstore that I don't know if you have in America) and get them there. I bought two of my Children's Literature textbooks there for about the same price as Amazon.

Kristy

 

[jelvenko]

Thanks. I'll have to take a look and see if they have the study guide book I need... (Had enough for all but one of my books in the campus store... Got the textbook for the class off Ebay, just need to find the study guide.)

 

[Manda_24]

I usually get them at the bookstore, just more convenient, this year I got them all online and I saved about $80. I've gotten a few from friends.

 

[Touma]

Always from Amazon. I have saved several hundred dollars a semester by doing that.

 

[puddleoffaith]

Campus USED bookstore...we have a new bookstore and a used one.