Another alternative to pricey textbooks: Buy overseas

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Karolina-Slim — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:36:24 GMT

Also U.S. sites such as www.theperfectpages.com present lower prices for college textbooks.

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Paul — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:55:45 GMT

I prefer buying directly from other students - it's much cheaper than buying from a lot of the online resellers, and I don't have to wait or pay for shipping. A major problem that Canadian students face is cross border shipping - it’s very expensive, likely because of the customs. This has been a pretty good site in Canada: http://www.locazu.com .

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Bob — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:44:50 GMT

Buying textbooks online is a great way to find cheap textbook prices but be careful of the shipping method. Media Mail is cheap but can take up to 4 weeks if the the textbook is coming cross country! I like the price comparison tool at http://www.Cheap-Textbooks.com

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MM — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:15:49 GMT

"Our current situation"? Doubtful...I have been buying textbooks for about seven years and as far as I am concerned, they have always gouged students and will continue to, recession or not.

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Brian Phillips — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:27:35 GMT

I've recently started purchasing all of my textbooks from bigwords.com. I've found it to be the best website that searches for the cheapest possible books available. This semester alone I was able to save $317! I would definitely recommend this website to anyone who is trying to find the best deals for their college textbooks.

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Shalima — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:09:10 GMT

I've purchased brand new international editions of textbooks for microbiology and anatomy and physiology. I paid about $50.00 - $60.00 for books that at my college bookstore would have cost me about $160.00 each. The only difference I could see was that they were paperback (with different cover art) and didn't include codes for website use. That wasn't a problem for me. I'm not concerned about re-selling the books - you don't get much for them anyway!

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Abigail — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:24:13 GMT

I actually did get an international edition. The only thing I'd caution is that a couple of the homework exercises were different. Same edition and everything. I never did figure out why.

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Ryan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:24:00 GMT

This is a tricky subject. International editions bought in the United States are considered "grey market" items and have been fought by publishers for years (I wonder why :P ). They usually come with a big red "NOT FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES" banner on them and recently more and more companies are banning their sale. Half.com, valorebooks.com, and many other seller sites, used to allow their sale, not any more. It is a shame that normal books are priced so much higher to take advantage of "wealthy" US students, but publishers and printing companies set the rules based on international laws and conditions. Chances are you wont get in trouble buying them, but know that it will be pretty tough to sell them back to anyone but your friends. spillingbuckets.blogspot.com/.../how-to-save-bunch-of-money-buying.html

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Jessica — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:55:07 GMT

The only problem with these is that you cannot sell them back at the end of the semester. You'd think this wasn't a big deal, but I had a lot of students get peeved about this. I think a lot of them paid a lot of money for their's though. Also, its only the big ones they make international editions of. So you might not get lucky.

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iammom — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:07:10 GMT

Wish I had seen this article before shelling out big bucks!!!!!