<p>When do everyone buy textbooks for their classes?</p>
<p>Most people, at least for fall semester, will rush to get them before school starts. Spring semester, usually first week of classes.</p>
<p>By my senior year, I was waiting until the 2nd week, just to avoid lines, see what the prof really wanted (sometimes the bookstore had extra books listed as "required" for a class that the prof didn't use, or the prof had changed the syllabus). If it was a class with a lot of books (like my senior seminar) I picked up the books as the semester progressed, just to keep my finances a little bit more in order, and look for the best price online.</p>
<p>My school has a textbook reservation service. The first week of August they pull your schedule if you have chosen to do the service and they get all your books together. Then you pick them up before classes start.</p>
<p>My school has the list of books online w/ what they cost at the bookstore, so I use that to find my books and then go find them online. I generally buy them pretty soon after a semester ends, so there's more of a used selection and the prices are a bit lower.
I'm over half-way done with my book shopping for fall!</p>
<p>Are there any recommended online stores specilizing in textbooks, besides the obvious Amazon & Barnes & Noble.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.bigwords.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.bigwords.com/</a>
<a href="http://www.isbn.nu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.isbn.nu/</a>
<a href="http://www.campusi.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.campusi.com/</a>
<a href="http://www.half.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.half.com/</a>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.amazon.com/</a></p>
<p>how can we trust these??</p>
<p>I order books for my Ds high school classes, the books are really heavy, and my d is a peanut, so we have two of a couple of 400lb textbooks</p>
<p>I have ordered used books through amazon alot and had no problems at all</p>
<p>most show the cover of the book, the isbn #, the author, publisher, etc</p>
<p>I have already ordered her french books, used, in wonderful condition for about 30% of the new cost</p>
<p>First 2 weeks of classes at my school. Do NOT buy them before classes start, because you might find out that the textbook has changed, or that the book is actually completely useless for the class, and you will have wasted $$ on it.</p>
<p>btw, half.com is God</p>
<p>I use Half a lot, but I've been having good luck with Amazon Marketplace lately.</p>
<p>I'm a big textbook person (I have been known to read textbooks for fun!), so I don't mind having a book if it's optional. Plus, I know that I can always sell it if something doesn't work out. I've only had one class in my two years of college that I've bought the wrong book for, and the prof wanted a new edition that had just been released about a week before classes started (most of the bookstores were still selling the old edition!).</p>
<p>What about for math?</p>
<p>MUCH cheaper to buy those used online! I bought my math book for the fall for a bit under $19 off of Amazon Marketplace, while it was $98 used at the local bookstores. It was in fantastic condition, too!
Also, math is a class where you WILL use the book! You gnerally have out of class work to do in it, and most of the test questions (at least at my school) come from the book.</p>
<p>They dont change do they? like if it was 4th edition last yr. it would be 4th ed. this year.</p>
<p>More than likely. Math doesn't exactly change often.. ;)</p>
<p>Yeah, it only changes every few years when they decide to mix the end-of-chapter problems around, lol.</p>
<p>Here's a good way to get free books: Get to know reps from textbook companies. It really only works if your dad or mom is a department head at a school. They can give them demo copies of the book which are identical to the ones you pay $$$ for in bookstores. Sort of like how drug reps bring in free medicine samples to doctors for their families.</p>
<p>Some of us spent under $100 on books during freshman year :-)</p>
<p>i signed up for classes and got my schedual, under the section for teacher for my math lass it says STAFF. I want to know if they will be using the same textbook next year. Who should I talk to? the depart. head?</p>
<p>Just call and ask the department secratry. They generally have a list of that sort of stuff.</p>
<p>cool thanks. cuz it would be great if i could get the text now</p>
<p>Hey, there's a cheaper way to get the textbooks you need. Instead of buying used books online, you can trade books online! Use your old books (and it's not limited to college textbooks, you can also trade DVDs and video games) to get the new ones you need. It works because you receive "trade credits" for the items you sell. Then you use those "trade credits" to buy.</p>
<p>The site is <a href="http://www.swapsimple.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.swapsimple.com/</a> (This site was actually founded to help college students save money)</p>
<p>SAVE MONEY! =)</p>