Find Cheaper Books from Third Party Vendors

Find Cheaper Books from 3rd Party Vendors

Instead of buying your textbook directly from the bookstore, why not try using third party sites like Amazon.com, half.com, or buddycampus.com. Using these 3rd party vendors will guarantee you a cheaper textbook. In some cases you can save over $100's of dollars if you just apply the methods in this tutorial.


Things to consider....
1. You can't find every textbook on sale via the web, however you can still save.
2. Don't expect to find a pristine new edition of your book for cheap online.
3. You may have to settle with paperback.
4. If you settle for an international edition, make sure it has the same content as the normal edition.
5. Ask your professor if using an older edition of a textbook is okay or if you can do with an older edition and just use the library reserve of the textbook as a reference to new homework problems.


Conclusion...
I've personally been able to save hundreds of dollars by purchasing books from 3rd party vendors. I do wish I knew about it when I was a freshmen. If you follow these simple steps you can more than likely save thousands of dollars by the time you graduate.

Goodluck

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[OldJoeCurwen]

To find the particular bibliographic details on specific editions, OCLC WorldCat is simply great. If you access WorldCat through your local library, you can also often use it to get copies of books through Interlibrary Loan. Sometimes that can be a great option compared to purchase of a book.

[Puabond]

The thing that pisses me off is the publishers produce much cheaper versions of the books they do not want the american market to have access to.

Always look online for a book when there is a book that is the (insert school name) edition of the book.

Buy IE when you can, but they are usually in metric, which isn't a huge deal, and rarely do your professors care. Got Mechanics of Materials Hibbeler (8th e) International edition new, $50, vs $137.25@campus

dealoz.com is a great site to start.