<p>Just curious, since I was bored I decided to look at price differences and you can save a decent amount by doing Amazon. Not sure if I will or not though.</p>
<p>Yes, I bought a number of mine through the site.</p>
<p>My school also had a fairly lax return policy. You could return within a week - no questions asked. For classes where the book was not very important, I would buy it a few days before an exam, read, and return for full credit right after. A bit more legwork, but hundreds of dollars of savings a semester.</p>
<p>That’s awesome.</p>
<p>I used to get my textbooks from Amazon and thought I outsmarted the bookstore. Then I realized that I could get my textbooks for free from the library (or via inter-library loan). Haven’t bought a textbook since.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten a lot of textbooks from Amazon, but the deal is usually best if it’s an older edition (always ask if you can use an older edition!). Some of the newer editions aren’t that much differently priced than at the school bookstore. Amazon is also great if you need workbook or guidebook type textbooks. </p>
<p>Keep an eye out in your college town for used textbook stores. They have great deals too, and they usually have great policies about returns at the end of the semester. Sometimes even just regular used bookstore have textbooks and yes, there’s also the library too. If you have a class where they say getting the textbook is up to you, you might want to just hunt on your own for info. for free at the library. </p>
<p>If you stay in a dorm I’d be careful about ordering online. At least at my school our mail was slow as hell, and anything we ordered would take weeks to get there. Plus with all those dozens and dozens of textbook packages coming in you have to trust that they’ll end up in your hands- though that’s probably just me being paranoid.</p>
<p>Make sure to probe around for Amazon Prime – free two day shipping on most books!</p>
<p>I’ve done it plenty of times, it kicks ass.</p>
<p>It is awesome and saves me a ton of $$$. My new school uses bizzare ISBN #s so I can’t do it this semester.</p>
<p>I always got my books from amazon after the first year. The first year I didn’t know any better. Saved several hundred dollars a semester and sometimes managed to sell books back at a profit.</p>
<p>No but i do buy other things from amazon because if your a college student you get Amazon Prime for the first year free. Which means every order is Free 2nd day shipping. When it finally expires they will ask you about your experience and if you would like to purchase the amazon prime experience for like 40 bucks a year? which you can decline. </p>
<p>So i always shop there and get my new novel or whatever in just 2 days.</p>
<p>b@r!um you are the only other person I have ever heard of that knew that college libraries had textbooks! I have always wondered why no one ever checked them out… but treated it like fight club… I figured if I never talked about it that no one would check out the books I wanted.</p>
<p>BTW when I can not check my texts out of the library, I usually use cheapbooks because I have found them to give the best price.</p>
<p>my college dosent even have a library</p>
<p>I go between amazon and half.ebay because both usually have the best prices.</p>
<p>Haha, Mojo, your college definitely has a library. Every college has at least a library, a lab (for whatever), and offices. Look for the library, it may not be on the same campus but likely close or within good distance.</p>
<p>As for the topic, Amazon, Half, TextbooksRus, or any other is good for shopping around. I looked at my textbooks for next quarter, and some of the college bookstore prices were low, and others I need access codes so I would end up paying the same amount and running the risk of not getting something on time. But yeah, I’d recommned something that compares prices across all sites like BigWords or AllTextbooks.</p>
<p>I use Amazon if I buy the books at all. LOL, last semester I ended up not having to need the books because based on how the teachers described the class there either wasn’t a book or the book wasn’t going to be used for stuff like homework or anything.</p>
<p>I always use Amazon. It’s worth it to save hundreds of dollars.</p>
<p>Always makes sense to check books out of the library first. The only books that I actually purchase (yes, on Amazon) are those for my major/those that I know I’ll need later on. You’ll be surprised by how many people never consider using their college’s library…</p>