<p>What is the best way to buy books? Should you wait until class has already started to purchase books? Who has the best prices for text books?</p>
<p>Many students resell their books and often send out a broadcast email, or list them in uloop or craigslist.</p>
<p>You can buy new or used books from eFollett or Billsbookstore.</p>
<p>If you have determined the precise ISBN and edition required for the course, you can use ISBN.nu:</a> Find the best price for books online or Cheap</a> College Textbooks | New and Used College Books These websites scan the other bookstores like amazon or half to find the best prices. Make sure you have enough time to allow for shipping delays.</p>
<p>Some textbooks are available online instead of hardcopy for half price. There are two things to consider:
1. you can't resell the soft copy version at the end of the semester
2. if your computer crashes right before the exam you might have difficulty downloading another copy and reaching support.</p>
<p>Some courses require a PRS which has been used in many of my son's classes. Also, some professors require that you pay for access to a particular website or software with a unique key and there is no way to get a discount on these that we have found.</p>
<p>I suggest waiting for the first day of class to see what texts the professor requires. This is not always wise, however, as some books can sell out at the university bookstore or Bill's Bookstore. (Shop both to ensure you get the best price for your books)</p>
<p>Usually books may be returned for full credit within a certain time.</p>
<p>Online purchases of books can result in a significant discount, but you need to ensure the book will be delivered on time and that it is the correct version required by the professor.</p>
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<p>Thanks for the book purchasing tips. </p>
<p>Since some professors have posted texts that are required for their classes, we have already started pricing books. We found through Cheap College Textbooks the same Spanish book for $14.98 that would have sold for $49.98 at the University Bookstore! What a savings!</p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
<p>Amazon.com can be a great place, and many students are selling their books via Amazon. We found brand new unopened books available for summer for one class via amazon, one was a special FSU edition no less, still with the unopening CD that went with it! We paid $10. For fall, in two different subjects, we found via Amazon.com that the textbooks also had a separate study guide available with practice tests, etc. Those same study guides (available from the author/publisher) may be at the bookstores, but I am not sure how visible they are. And given that one book was $149 new and the study guide was another $52 new, my D would probably just not mention it and do without. Last week I purchased the $149 one used with a notiation that it only had some writing in the margins of chapter 1 with no other markings, and I paid $29. It is the same text--author and edition. And the study guide was $9 and said to have no writing in it at all. </p>
<p>Between FSU and Bills Bookstore, you can get the Title, Author and edition you need for each section of each class. Sometimes there are special "FSU" editions, but internet searches can sometimes find one of those used as well.</p>
<p>oops that was "unopened CD"</p>