VERY HELPFUL - How to Save On Your TextBooks or Just Books

[Kenji4861]

School is coming! ( Funny Random Video ). Here is a tip to save you some money on those expensive textbooks.

1. Find - Find out the exact book / version / ISBN you need.

2. Compare - Use Addall.com or Cheapassstudents.com or Campusi or your favorite tool to get an idea of how much your book is going for.

3. Search Personal Sellers - Personal sellers sometime has the same book for extremely cheap. Search at the three of these to see if you can get lucky.
- Amazon's used section
- eBay.com
- half.com

4. Need it now? - If you need it right away, try your local Barnes & Noble or Borders. Ofcoarse in this case, your campus bookstore might be a good option too.
- Barnes & Noble - Printable 15% off
- Borders - Printable 15% off

 

[allisolm]

Thanks for the coupons!

 

[superHARD]

Sweet

 

[dds14u]

save!

 

[FleshLight]

Thanks!

 

[walkure]

Always use www.addall.com and check Amazon marketplace sellers -- save big money buying paperback international editions of textbooks. They are the exact same content, just paperback, and some are black & white instead of color. I've saved sooo much by not buying at the school's official bookstore (EVIL).

 

[RossMAN]

Thanks Kenji

 

[Jel2h]

Does that Barnes and Noble coupon only work if you are a member?

 

[Nick5324]

Thanks for the post OP. I think Ohio State is the king of making sure you can't get your books cheaper. A lot of classes will have course packets, which you can only get at the local copy shop. I've lost count of how many of my texts are written by someone from the school, and after searching on addall,amazon, half.com, etc. you either can't find it or the price is very close to the bookstore. There is also the ever popular "new edition" of a book, and you can only find the previous edition online. There might only be a handful of changes, but every single one of them will be a main point of the class. I get what books I can online, but over the past couple of years, I've only been able to get about 25% of my books online. Hopefully others have better luck, happy hunting everyone.

Edit: B&N coupon does say you have to be a member to use it.

 

[s0ssos]

yeah, the bn coupon is for 25% off. 10% for membership, and 15% add'tl

 

[SilentVixen]

Originally posted by: walkure
Always use www.addall.com and check Amazon marketplace sellers -- save big money buying paperback international editions of textbooks. They are the exact same content, just paperback, and some are black & white instead of color. I've saved sooo much by not buying at the school's official bookstore (EVIL).

Only problem with that is that you can't sell them back on campus then.

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: Nick5324
Thanks for the post OP. I think Ohio State is the king of making sure you can't get your books cheaper. A lot of classes will have course packets, which you can only get at the local copy shop. I've lost count of how many of my texts are written by someone from the school, and after searching on addall,amazon, half.com, etc. you either can't find it or the price is very close to the bookstore. There is also the ever popular "new edition" of a book, and you can only find the previous edition online. There might only be a handful of changes, but every single one of them will be a main point of the class. I get what books I can online, but over the past couple of years, I've only been able to get about 25% of my books online. Hopefully others have better luck, happy hunting everyone.

My college does something like that too. They'll sell a "special edition" of a book that's only available at our bookstore and you're forced to buy it. It's the same as any normal edition of a book, but with a study guide included in the binding (so it looks different than the normal edition as well).

Only problem with that is that you can't sell them back on campus then.

If you keep them in decent shape, you can usually resell paperbacks on Half.com without too much trouble.

 

[tanz]

Wow. Real nifty site for lowest prices. Compared to my bookstore (UMSL) I'm gonna save $140 total (and thats only on 4 books i need). But remember, when u order these books, make sure you can sell them back to the bookstore (if ur lazy on resell) and you make sure your book gets to you before you have assignments due in that specific class!
=)

 

[EternalVortex]

You can always get it from the library if yours hasn't arrived in time (shipping rarely takes more than a week or two, so at most 1 assignment would be due).

 

[StevenYoo]

i order a lot of my textbooks from amazon.co.uk

they're REALLY cheap

 

[WingZero94]

thx

 

[Kenji4861]

Hey rossman no problem. Why did you become a women?

 

[LuckyShark]

The best service I have found for searching for the best price on all the cheapest sites is: http://pdxbooks.com/

If you go there, just type the name of the title in the "ISBN or Keyword" search box, and then click on "Compare Prices".

It scans all the best places, and then posts a prices list with all of them.

Once I went there, I never had to go anywhere else, and that was about 6 years ago. Highly recommended.

 

[bman46]

nice.

 

[chimmytime]

Just remember that when you go through amazon marketplace, it can take up to a month to get your book.

Plan ahead!

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: chimmytime
Just remember that when you go through amazon marketplace, it can take up to a month to get your book.

Plan ahead!

That's why you check shipping speeds and options!

 

[Injury]

Oh yeah, also... NEVER sell your books back to the college bookstores. They will always give you the worst return on your books, and you wind up just giving it right back to them when you buy more books.

Do everyone else a favor and list the books on amazon or ebay. You make more money, and someone gets their books cheaper. Students 1, Overpriced Book Sellers, 0.

 

[walkure]

Originally posted by: chimmytime
Just remember that when you go through amazon marketplace, it can take up to a month to get your book.

Plan ahead!

Certainly never hurts to plan ahead, i.e. order books for fall classes that you know you'll need in the summer. However I usually try to email the sellers first to find out about their shipping policies. I've never had to wait more than 3-4 days. And once I got next-day shipping from SINGAPORE for free!! It was a book about databases, lol.

 

[MorrisDancer]

Beware- I have had problems with Amazon. I paid more for a book then I needed to because it would ship from My home state. They promised 2 day shipping and it was more like 2 weeks.

Originally posted by: walkure

Originally posted by: chimmytime
Just remember that when you go through amazon marketplace, it can take up to a month to get your book.

Plan ahead!

Certainly never hurts to plan ahead, i.e. order books for fall classes that you know you'll need in the summer. However I usually try to email the sellers first to find out about their shipping policies. I've never had to wait more than 3-4 days. And once I got next-day shipping from SINGAPORE for free!! It was a book about databases, lol.