Cheap Textbooks
I can imagine how many parents and students are now concerned about the amount of money they need to spend for textbooks with the start of the new school year since, as reported, textbooks are way too expensive for students.
Gina of Lifehacker has a very timely question about this… "for our poor university students, we want to know: Where are the best places to get cheap textbooks?".
I searched online and found Campus Books which has a list of top college bookstores offering huge savings on new and used books.
For more ideas on where to get cheap textbooks, check out the readers' comments on Lifehacker.
Another idea is to ask your child to seek out their friends from higher classes. They may be able to borrow or buy the book at an even lesser price. As for your child's old textbooks, encourage him/her to trade them off or sell them to lower-class students.
September 29th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
I couldn’t agree more…One thing not many people are not aware of is the availability of “international edition” textbooks:
http://intelligrad.com/blog/?p=39
January 14th, 2007 at 8:38 am
The Internet is great but watch for the location your book is being shipped from. Media mail takes weeks to cross the country. I like the tool at http://www.cheap-textbooks.com where I can connect to all the big textbook sellers by ISBN
January 15th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
http://www.ichaptersambassador.com has cheap textbooks as far as I can see and you save an extra 15% with the CH150 code off of every book you buy. http://www.valorebooks.com also is a good cheap textbook site when u use the purdue10 code. You can sell back your books on these sites too, using those codes you get more money back!
April 9th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
http://www.Valorebooks.com
Save up to 70% on your textbooks + get extra 5% discount by promotion code ” HELLO93 ”
You can sell your Un used textbooks to them and use same promotion code ” HELLO93 ” to get extra 5% more cash back.
May 1st, 2007 at 6:01 pm
I used the following website last semester to search for textbooks:
http://www.collegeswapshop.com
They have a tool that compares textbook prices so that you can find the cheapest textbook at several online bookstores. It’s free to use and doesnt require an account. Also, there is a student marketplace where you can post books and other stuff. This is also cool because you can purchase books directly from other students and avoid the bookstores altogether (and if you can find it within your school, you dont have to pay or wait for shipping). It requires an account, but the account is free.
December 27th, 2007 at 4:35 am
Why not get discount textbooks from online bookstore. I just got 2 textbooks from a online bookstore and save me $200+. All the textbooks are Brand new. That’s great. You may visit to see any help
http://www.cocomartini.com/
March 1st, 2008 at 4:45 am
I saved 5% off on buying text books and books from Valore Books(http://www.couponalbum.com/coupons/valorebooks.htm) store by using coupon code “5%PROMO”…….!
March 9th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Always buy cheap textbooks online I save so much money buying mine through http://www.cheapesttextbooks.com
September 11th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Dear webmaster,
My name is Gene, I am a grad student and I run a book comparison site owned and operated by students, http://www.wecomparebooks.com. We are dedicated to ensuring that students always get the best possible price on books.
I would like my site to appear on your list of book sites, can you please tel me how I can do this?
thank you
Eugene
September 21st, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Some interesting comments above. I found a website called http://www.skoolboy.com where you can list your textbooks for free. Its a new website but its seems really cool.
September 11th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
You can also check out http://www.DealOz.com , DealOz compares 200 bookstore prices and free discount coupons too. Their coupons are valid and have saved over $500 on my textbooks.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:35 am
Check out this site http://www.bookase.com. It compares prices for book and textbooks from major online bookstores worldwide to help you locate the lowest price for book offered worldwide
October 5th, 2009 at 12:35 am
Check out this site http://www.bookase.com. It compares prices for book and textbooks from major online bookstores worldwide to help you locate the lowest price for book offered worldwide
February 25th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
I have been using price comparison sites like http://www.thecollegetextbooks.net for buying my textbooks. It is better than going for standalone stores. As you can save on lot of money using them.