Best place to buy textbooks?

[Stowasser]

OMG I think the most expensive I paid was like $50, not used are $80 plus for daughter, any hints or insights

[tjredsox4]

a lot of people are renting now because it is cheaper and you send the book back at the end of the semester. My stepdaughter said barnes and noble has good prices for textbooks. I would check amazon.com, textbooksrus.com, bookbyte.com, chegg.com or do a search by ISBN number good luck.

[bluebear]

I have done pretty good this year with Amazon and Half.com. 3 of the books I got were cheaper to buy, but we will rent 1. The only thing with renting, think about whether it will be used more than 1 semester. If so, it will probably be better to buy.

Thanks for the other links, some of those I hadn't heard of. Needing college books for 2 kids, I need all the help I can get!

Edited August 25, 2013 by bluebear

[speeddiva]

We use DealOz as the search. It gives you a list of all the books retailers that have the book, even the rental sites, and sorts by price. Edited August 25, 2013 by speeddiva

[AndreaInNC]

we have been happy with Amazon.  They ship for free, and if you rent, include the postage back.  If you buy, they pay way better than our college bookstore if you sell it back.  And they will tell you when you buy it from them how much they'll give you for it if you sell it back.  Plus, they pay in Amazon credit, which makes is easier for the next semester.  Less money to come up with.

 

We were extremely lucky this year as DD22s school includes books in their tuition.  What a relief!

[sneakers1234]

We used Chegg. We save the box it comes in for return, and send back at end of semester. easy peasy.

 

Some of the books change every semester and were only available at the bookstore. those we were stuck with.  

[trbarginhunter]

I like directtextbook.com.  Be sure and match ISBN.  If you need a "code" for online access, etc the publishers often sell those separately from the books, although they maybe "bundled" at the bookstore.  Just search the publisher website, be sure and check under ancillary materials.