Cheap textbooks

Its almost that time again.... (back to school) and this time im gonna try and order my books online insted of paying the insane prices at the school bookstore. Ive done some searching on google already but im open to suggestions on sites to get cheap college textbooks

im in the same boat, suggestions?

www.addall.com

www.half.com cheapest around IMO

name the books you need, I may have them...

yeah half.com is a pretty good site that I use...


what books might you need?

I used amazon.com and save $200 on 4 books (compared to the bookstore prices)

[quote39e6bfc956="BD2006BD"]I used amazon.com and save $200 on 4 books (compared to the bookstore prices)[/quote39e6bfc956]

Yeah Ive used amazon before but the problem that ive had with them is that sometimes they take 2-4 weeks to ship.

If you need your books quick like i do now, id go with half.com

I agree that it can be slow unless you choose ones with expedited shipping available. I did expedited shipping and recieved the books within a week. It did cost $30 to ship all 5 books though. (from 5 different vendors)

bookbyte.com, amazon.com, half.com.. google buy textbooks.. No matter where you get them I think they are gonna be about the same price.

half.com
but what books do u need?

Anyone know the difference between "international editions," and otherwise? A textbook for a class I'm taking is not available at the library, which sucks, and is about $130 in the bookstore. There are quite a few ebay and half.com listings that say they're selling "international version Same content, print and paper quality as the US edition. Printed in colors,'" for 1/3 or 1/2 the regular price.

WTH does all that mean?

[quote7ba604ac72="doylnea"]Anyone know the difference between "international editions," and otherwise? A textbook for a class I'm taking is not available at the library, which sucks, and is about $130 in the bookstore. There are quite a few ebay and half.com listings that say they're selling "international version Same content, print and paper quality as the US edition. Printed in colors,'" for 1/3 or 1/2 the regular price.

WTH does all that mean?[/quote7ba604ac72]

Sounds El CheapO.. LOL

I wish my wifes book store would have given us the code number to buy them online but they refused.

[quotecbc4c4901f="manOFice"][quotecbc4c4901f="doylnea"]Anyone know the difference between "international editions," and otherwise? A textbook for a class I'm taking is not available at the library, which sucks, and is about $130 in the bookstore. There are quite a few ebay and half.com listings that say they're selling "international version Same content, print and paper quality as the US edition. Printed in colors,'" for 1/3 or 1/2 the regular price.

WTH does all that mean?[/quotecbc4c4901f]

Sounds El CheapO.. LOL

I wish my wifes book store would have given us the code number to buy them online but they refused.[/quotecbc4c4901f]

You can get the ISBN anywhere, so long as you know the author and title.

[quote8b754e9b46="doylnea"][quote8b754e9b46="manOFice"][quote8b754e9b46="doylnea"]Anyone know the difference between "international editions," and otherwise? A textbook for a class I'm taking is not available at the library, which sucks, and is about $130 in the bookstore. There are quite a few ebay and half.com listings that say they're selling "international version Same content, print and paper quality as the US edition. Printed in colors,'" for 1/3 or 1/2 the regular price.

WTH does all that mean?[/quote8b754e9b46]

Sounds El CheapO.. LOL

I wish my wifes book store would have given us the code number to buy them online but they refused.[/quote8b754e9b46]

You can get the ISBN anywhere, so long as you know the author and title.[/quote8b754e9b46]

The descriptions were very vague and no pictures... it's all good though.

[quote45e19455f8="doylnea"]Anyone know the difference between "international editions," and otherwise? A textbook for a class I'm taking is not available at the library, which sucks, and is about $130 in the bookstore. There are quite a few ebay and half.com listings that say they're selling "international version Same content, print and paper quality as the US edition. Printed in colors,'" for 1/3 or 1/2 the regular price.

WTH does all that mean?[/quote45e19455f8]

I believe that if you buy it you will be satisfied. It'll certainly be of poorer production quality than the $130 one but I think the major price savings are license related. I usually go for it when I see an int'l edition for a lot cheaper.

[quote0e46344c54="manOFice"][quote0e46344c54="doylnea"][quote0e46344c54="manOFice"][quote0e46344c54="doylnea"]Anyone know the difference between "international editions," and otherwise? A textbook for a class I'm taking is not available at the library, which sucks, and is about $130 in the bookstore. There are quite a few ebay and half.com listings that say they're selling "international version Same content, print and paper quality as the US edition. Printed in colors,'" for 1/3 or 1/2 the regular price.

WTH does all that mean?[/quote0e46344c54]

Sounds El CheapO.. LOL

I wish my wifes book store would have given us the code number to buy them online but they refused.[/quote0e46344c54]

You can get the ISBN anywhere, so long as you know the author and title.[/quote0e46344c54]

The descriptions were very vague and no pictures... it's all good though.[/quote0e46344c54]

she doesn't get a syllabus?

[quotee44e2f7710="Admin"][quotee44e2f7710="doylnea"]Anyone know the difference between "international editions," and otherwise? A textbook for a class I'm taking is not available at the library, which sucks, and is about $130 in the bookstore. There are quite a few ebay and half.com listings that say they're selling "international version Same content, print and paper quality as the US edition. Printed in colors,'" for 1/3 or 1/2 the regular price.

WTH does all that mean?[/quotee44e2f7710]

I believe that if you buy it you will be satisfied. It'll certainly be of poorer production quality than the $130 one but I think the major price savings are license related. I usually go for it when I see an int'l edition for a lot cheaper.[/quotee44e2f7710]

Thanks man. My other grad school books were all purchased at the book$tore, and this time I'm going to be a bit more spendthrift.

[quotec692bf27d5="doylnea"][quotec692bf27d5="manOFice"][quotec692bf27d5="doylnea"][quotec692bf27d5="manOFice"][quotec692bf27d5="doylnea"]Anyone know the difference between "international editions," and otherwise? A textbook for a class I'm taking is not available at the library, which sucks, and is about $130 in the bookstore. There are quite a few ebay and half.com listings that say they're selling "international version Same content, print and paper quality as the US edition. Printed in colors,'" for 1/3 or 1/2 the regular price.

WTH does all that mean?[/quotec692bf27d5]

Sounds El CheapO.. LOL

I wish my wifes book store would have given us the code number to buy them online but they refused.[/quotec692bf27d5]

You can get the ISBN anywhere, so long as you know the author and title.[/quotec692bf27d5]

The descriptions were very vague and no pictures... it's all good though.[/quotec692bf27d5]

she doesn't get a syllabus?[/quotec692bf27d5]

she bought them before school shock