How to Buy College Textbooks

One of the biggest expenses next to tuition, room, and board, is college textbooks. Nothing hits your bank account like a trip to the campus bookstore. Reselling books to a bookscalper can get some of your money back. Here are a few tips to buying cheap new and used college textbooks.

College Textbooks

• Find out what college texbooks you will require need for your classes. Go to the bookstore and write down the following information for each book: 
• • the name and volume/edition of the book 
  • the name of the author 
  • the book’s International Standard Book Number (ISBN), found on or near the barcode on the back of book 
  • the price
• Sometimes this information is contained on your college website - if so it will save you a trip to the college bookstore. 
• Consider renting your college textbooks. This is becoming a very popular option and it will save you alot of money.
• If you are going to buy - shop for textbooks online.
• Consider used textbooks as an option. 
• Finally resell your college textbooks to the bookscalper if you don't need them next semester.

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