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:
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- 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.
New Textbooks: Save up to 30% off the
price of over 100,000 new textbooks.
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