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NBR: College Textbooks

melissa0726melissa0726 member
in August 2011 Moms
What is the best way to get your hands on used college textbooks these days?  DH is going back to school this fall, and we've both been out of college since 2006.  Just wondering if there are any good swap sites to buy/sell textbooks.  TIA!
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Re: NBR: College Textbooks

  • eesomeeesome member
    Craigslist. I found tons of discounted books from other students on there. Also-- half.com.
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  • ladybugpjbladybugpjb member

    I used to get mine from Amazon, but that was even longer ago than 2006. For grad school, I actually checked a few of them out from the campus library. You can actually rent textbooks now - my university bookstore had that option, but none of mine were available that way. Barnes & Noble also rents them.

    Some textbooks are available as e-books through Amazon and B&N (and probably others), which is nice because you don't have to lug them around. You can save a little money that way if the books you need are available.

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  • DuckieerDuckieer member
    When I was in school grad 2010 I used a website called campusbooks4less.com. It searches a whole lot of sites to find the cheapest price. He can also check chegg.com and may be able to rent some of them. HTH.
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  • JaysonandKristinJaysonandKristin member

    Jay uses collegebookrental.com

    Uses the books for the semester, and then returns them. 

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  • loblob

    I like all of these ideas,  but be sure to check editions!  The publishers are sneaky and change the content.  It can be significant depending on the class.

    I'm a college prof so I know it can hurt students! 

     

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  • LeinistarLeinistar member

    For used books, I would buy and sell on half.com (craigslist wasnt a thing then but Im sure its good too) For new books, there's a couple sites online (can't recall but you can probably google them) that sell books from overseas. They are usually printed on what I call "Bible paper" (the really thin paper) but they are really cheap. It's really only good for the more popular books and unfortunately, most of my professors had their own books so I didn't have much of a choice but to buy from the campus bookstore. I bought a lot of DH's computer science books from overseas though.

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  • mgarza1231mgarza1231 member
    I rent my textbooks. I hate having to deal with them after the semester and that is the easiest way for me. Usually the high priced books($200+) are around $40-$60. I'm happy with the prices and they pay shipping and return shipping.
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  • melissa0726melissa0726 member
    Thanks for all the recommendations, ladies!  This was very helpful.  Lob, I appreciate the advice on checking the editions carefully, we will be sure to be mindful when we do finally buy/rent this semester's books.  Thanks again!!!
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