Cheap Textbooks

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>So yeah, the booklists have just been posted and now it's time to get the books we need for classes. I'm trying to find the best deals possible and right now I have these two sites:</p>

<p>[url=<a href="http://www.screwthemiddleman.com%5Dscrewthemiddleman.com"&gt;http://www.screwthemiddleman.com]screwthemiddleman.com&lt;/a> - Never Get Cheated.<a href="for%20USC%20only%20trading">/url</a>
[url=<a href="http://www.chegg.com%5DChegg.com"&gt;http://www.chegg.com]Chegg.com&lt;/a> - Cheap Textbook Rentals. Search for Used Textbooks and Rent College Textbooks at Chegg.com.<a href="rent%20books%20online%20for%20cheap">/url</a></p>

<p>Anyone have anything better?</p>

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<p>bigwords.com is really nice because it compares a bunch of sites that sell books and also factors in shipping when calculating the cheapest price</p>

<p>Also, half.com and Amazon are good places to buy cheap textbooks</p>

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<p>[Textbook</a> Specials](<a href=“Rent Textbooks Online, Campus Book Rentals on the Cheap | CampusBooks”>http://textbookspecials.com/)</p>

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<p>do you guys know if we can sell back to usc the books that we buy from other places once we’re done using them? thank you</p>

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<p>[BookFinder.com:</a> Search for New & Used Books, Textbooks, Out-of-Print and Rare Books](<a href=“http://www.bookfinder.com/]BookFinder.com:”>http://www.bookfinder.com/)</p>

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<p>has anyone used chegg? are they very particular about the conditions of their rented books when you have to return them (ie is the likelihood of having to pay a penalty high)? or is it a fairly honest service?</p>

<p>also, what is the quality of books you receive? do you recommend them?</p>

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<p>A quick google search raises some red flags about chegg.
[Stay away from CheggbyMountain Dew Knight](<a href=“http://www.dewknight.com/2008/09/stay-away-from-chegg/”>http://www.dewknight.com/2008/09/stay-away-from-chegg/&lt;/a&gt;)</p>

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<p>The thing I’ve always found useful is to use a variety of sites. One website doesn’t always have the cheapest price for all books, especially when you take discount codes into account. </p>

<p>[Textbooks</a> On The Cheap](<a href=“http://www.textbooksonthecheap.blogspot.com%5DTextbooks”>http://www.textbooksonthecheap.blogspot.com) looks pretty new, but they have a good listing of websites to find cheap textbooks, and coupon codes that you can use at these sites. I would look around to find the best price for your book and then check for a discount code. (also always check amazon, sometimes they have better offers than half.com</p>

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<p>Are international textbooks okay to get? From my knowledge, the differences from the American editions are essentially negligible.</p>

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<p>I’ve had major problems with international editions. The content is pretty much the same, yeah, but the problem sets are numbered differently, meaning that if the professor assigns questions 1-20 odd and 24-28, you have no idea which problems to do because those problems in the American version aren’t the same as the problems in the international version.</p>

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<p>Do you know if all international editions are numbered differently? And were you in CSCI-101 by any chance?</p>

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<p>half.com worked fine for me</p>

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<p>I’ve never had any problems with international editions, I try to buy as many of my books this way.</p>