Textbooks Cost Too Much
I'm a college student, and although I'm usually excited to start a new semester, I absolutely dread going to the university bookstore. It has been my experience that buying books through a university is a huge ripoff. Fortunately, there are places on the Internet where textbooks can be purchased affordably and often at big discounts.
Don't Pay for Outrageously Priced Textbooks
Discount textbooks cheap
University bookstores almost always have the worst prices on textbooks. My first semester in school, I ended up paying waaaay too much on books that I would have no use for once the semester was over.
Thanks to websites that sell affordable textbooks, students like me can actually save money for the other things that are part of college life, and not have to spend it on expensive textbooks. Affordabook.com searches over twenty sites to find the best deals on textbooks, so you can be sure that you get a top bargain.
For instance, I searched for my Anatomy and Physiology textbook, and Affordabook found it for sale for only $56! Less than 1/4 of what my university bookstore wanted to charge me. What a deal!
If you're looking for cheap textbooks, Affordabook is the place to go. Thanks to them, I know I'll save a bundle on college textbooks next semester, and you can too.
Thanks to websites that sell affordable textbooks, students like me can actually save money for the other things that are part of college life, and not have to spend it on expensive textbooks. Affordabook.com searches over twenty sites to find the best deals on textbooks, so you can be sure that you get a top bargain.
For instance, I searched for my Anatomy and Physiology textbook, and Affordabook found it for sale for only $56! Less than 1/4 of what my university bookstore wanted to charge me. What a deal!
If you're looking for cheap textbooks, Affordabook is the place to go. Thanks to them, I know I'll save a bundle on college textbooks next semester, and you can too.
Universities are Thieves
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Resell Your Books Back
Sell textbooks back after you've used them
Once a semester's over, you probably won't need your college textbooks anymore. Why keep them around? Instead, sell them back for good money. My university bookstore buys books back, but they pay horrible prices and I get a fraction back what I paid for them, if they even buy them back at all.
I couldn't sell nearly all of my textbooks back to the university bookstore last semester because they wouldn't take them back (reached their limit), and they wanted to pay me terrible prices for the ones I could sell back.
Then I found Half.com. Half makes reselling textbooks super easy and it is way better than trying to deal with the school bookstore. I can get close to what I paid for them back. And, if you buy discount textbooks, you can save money both ways.
I couldn't sell nearly all of my textbooks back to the university bookstore last semester because they wouldn't take them back (reached their limit), and they wanted to pay me terrible prices for the ones I could sell back.
Then I found Half.com. Half makes reselling textbooks super easy and it is way better than trying to deal with the school bookstore. I can get close to what I paid for them back. And, if you buy discount textbooks, you can save money both ways.
Universities get enough of your money...
Buy cheap textbooks with Affordabook.com and sell them with Half.com!
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ZionK
Jan 12, 2010 @ 5:35 am | delete
- Hey, great lense I just added this to my lens roll - one of my lenses has a lot of relevant information to this topic, I think I'll add another module about where to sell the books back to as well
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trippedr
Aug 9, 2008 @ 9:46 pm | delete
- I just bought my daughter's books at Amazon. I think their prices are on average as good as anyone, but they are easier to navigate. I wrote up the experience at my Cheap College Books lense.
Nice lens.
Good Luck.
Don
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Jen
Jul 18, 2008 @ 1:02 pm | delete
- yea go for ebays like this one i get my fall books here
http://stores.ebay.com/New-and-Used-College-Textbooks
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