<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>I was wondering about the textbook process. When do we have a confirmed schedule of our courses for the fall semester? Is this when we should go out and buy textbooks? Do we wait until Welcome Week, or is it done beforehand? Is it easy to find used books?</p>
<p>Yep, so, basically, textbook INFO please :D</p>
<p>Thank you,
--Tara</p>
<p>Usually during welcome week is when people buy them at the student store (there are midnight madness sales)</p>
<p>the smarter students know about a particular site, <a href="http://www.comegetused.com%5B/url%5D">www.comegetused.com</a>, that is much cheaper to find used books...</p>
<p>It's cheaper to buy NEW books at Amazon.com than it is to buy USED books at the student store or Ned's.</p>
<p>check out ebay once you get the titles & authors / isbn's.</p>
<p>i got 2 math books for 75 bucks total, instead of paying 90+ for just one of those.</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>that comegetused.com is really useful. im gonna use it for my first semester</p>
<p>Half.com (which is owned by eBay) is also another possible resource.</p>
<p>BigWords.com is a helpful resource that helps compile the lowest prices from many different stores. It doesn't sell books itself, but it's a search service. It's fast and easy, and I've always had the best prices thank to bigwords.</p>
<p>Agreed with DarkPyr0. Especially if you're in a class that uses a lot of nontextbook books (e.g., Catcher in the Rye, 1984, Odyssey, etc. etc. So mostly English and some history classes) ALL my not-textbook books were cheaper on amazon new than used at Ned's or Cal Student Store</p>
<p>amazon.co.uk if you know which one to buy in advance. Sometimes a lot cheaper</p>
<p>Oh yeah, if the shipping is cheaper from UK, the international editions (on amazon.co.uk) will be about 50% off the normal price.</p>
<p>A lot of people buy their books during Welcome Week. I would say wait a little bit, because the first weeks of class are basically introductions and you don't really need your textbooks by then. You might find out that a particular course is not right for you and you don't want to bother with returning items and such. Also, professors might change their book selections around, which will be detailed in the syllabus or in the first meeting or two in class, some unexpectedness that might cost you dollars. In addition, certain courses require you to buy readers (the locations of which is impossible for you to find out before classes start) and if you are going to purchase those at a later date, you might as well buy your books at the same time. Just wait and see how things develop. Also, I'm not sure when the "Guide to Good Life in Berkeley" blue books come out but they- along with other Welcome Week activities- generally offer coupons that you can use towards your purchases. Waiting to buy textbooks is a smart, money-saving proposition.</p>
<p>Have fun shopping,
TTG</p>
<p>thanks for the advice, ttgiang</p>