College Text Books
Is there a Best Option for College Text Books?
If you are thinking of buying your college text books at the on-campus bookstore, think again, you could save $100’s every semester. The college bookstore uses the profit on your text books to put back into the college, sounds great but you already pay sky high tuition fees. Why let the college double dip and take even more of your money?
College tuition expenses are widely expected to double in the next year making it even more expensive and more difficult to attend college. Colleges are always looking for ways to reduce costs and pass these expenses on to the students. Now is time for students to stop throwing their hard earned money away and buy their college text books somewhere else.
After a few semesters, students refine their preferences in buying college text books. For many, if they will use the textbooks again and again, only a brand new copy that they can keep will do. However, if the textbook is simply required reading and not to your taste or if you only need parts of the book, why not get a cheaper used textbook to do the job, or you can buy just the chapters you need by downloading them from a site such as ichapters.com where you can get Single eTextBook Chapters as low as $1.99
New college text books average $100 per book. Other students have already taken the course you need to take next. Why not swap your textbook for their book and save money, or haggle your own price on-campus!
The majority of students are in the same boat so get a few like minded individuals together and set up a book sharing co-operative. Advertise on your bulletin board for members, likely you’ll be inundated with requests as most students have limited options when it comes to buying and even selling their old college text books.
There are many online bookstores that also stock college text books, Amazon.com
being 2 of the main players but there are many more. Just be wary if you are using these to take into account the shipping costs as they can soon add up. Also, if you are buying used books from any online store, make sure you check you are getting the right edition for your course and that the described condition is such that the book is usable and legible.
