How not to spend $935 a year on textbooks

re: How not to spend $935 a year on textbooks

Robert — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:56:02 GMT

KS- Most selling sites like half and ebay require you to pay a fee. Then there are book buyback websites that just buy the books from you a give you an instant quote, the one I used last semester was www.sellbackyourbook.com. It worked out pretty good for me except they did not accept one of my books because it was an international edition, this was my own fault though because I did not read the site carefully enough.

re: How not to spend $935 a year on textbooks

Edee — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:33:28 GMT

I don't like the idea of grad students using library books for personal text replacements. I don't know how many times I needed a book and it was out *permanently* because a grad student had it. Not cool.

re: How not to spend $935 a year on textbooks

Sarah — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:22:56 GMT

paperbackswap.com has text books on it, all you have to do is post the books your done with and you earn credits and you can get text books for just one credit. All you have to do is pay the shipping costs for the books you ship. Everything else is free.

re: How not to spend $935 a year on textbooks

Houghton Mifflin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:07:10 GMT

WHAT?????? Why not go through college like most of us? "Books? Books?...We don't need no stinkin' books"!

re: How not to spend $935 a year on textbooks

KS — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:58:12 GMT

Although I am a non-traditional student in a "college town," our local Craiglist isn't exactly hopping. Do most selling sites require you to pay a fee to sell?

re: How not to spend $935 a year on textbooks

Jessica — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:05:13 GMT

Have u try the online CHEMISTRY bookstore Cocomartini

I get all my textbooks for this semester from this bookstore. All are brand new and 60%off discount from normal price. See if any help.

hehe ^_^

re: How not to spend $935 a year on textbooks

Cathy — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:23:57 GMT

Hi Donna,

Thanks for the great blog and all of your articles on how to save money as a student. I'm a newly-minted grad student, and they are helping me refine some of my old tricks from the undergrad days!

I'd like to give a shout-out for students to check their university's interlibrary loan system. I was able to save $200 on 2 books for next quarter through interlibrary loan, and because I'm a grad student, I can borrow them for the entire quarter.

My last tip is for any undergrads considering going to grad school in their current field: do give thought to keeping some of your specialized undergrad books. So far I've used 2 of my undergrad books as a grad student, and was able to lend another grad student a 3rd book. Sometimes those books are a good resource! Plus, you can always resell them later on and still get some money back, esp. if they are recent editions.