<p>I recently started looking at ways I could get my books for the upcoming semester. The cheapest way I was able to find is renting (Chegg.com, BookRenter.com) This way I don't have to worry about not being able to resell used books that I bought because their use has been discountinued in the course. I realize that renting may actually be more expensive in some cases but in general is much more cheaper. So I was wondering, are there any other reliable, cheap book rental places like these out there?</p>
<p>those are probably the best ones. </p>
<p>for course packets you may be out of luck though. </p>
<p>BUT sometimes you can find them on reserve (for reference purposes) at the library associated with that course. </p>
<p>if the course has take note (a note taking service (privately run)) then you’re supposed to be able to request a copy be put on reserve (if it isn’t already).</p>
<p>the booklists for classes are pretty much all online now. It quotes the cornell store price, too. Amazon usually has very good deals…</p>
<p>I always just find them on ebay or on Google Books-- I think I paid like, $20 total for everything last semester. Also, you should remember than 90% of your books will probably be in the library anyway</p>
<p>at the Cornell Store, do they allow you to buy used books, and then sell them back when you’re done using them?</p>
<p>Yes they allow you to resell books back but often only at a small fraction of the original price.</p>
<p>After a while, I’ve actually stopped buying books out of sheer laziness (the bookstore is far =X) and just going to the library whenever I needed to see a book.</p>
<p>After a while, I’ve actually stopped buying books out of sheer laziness (the bookstore is far =X) and just going to the library whenever I needed to see a book.</p>
<p>are you allowed to check textbooks out?</p>
<p>Very few textbooks yes.</p>
<p>But more often textbooks are on 2 hour reserve. You can check out the book for 2 hours at a time.</p>
<p>if you’re going to rent a textbook, it’s often the same price or cheaper to buy the international edition of the book. You won’t be able to sell it back to the bookstore but you’ll have a new book that you can keep after the class is over.</p>
<p>If a book is going to be used the next semester, the Cornell Store buys it back for half of <em>their</em> new price, which can be considerable since the prices the CU store charges for textbooks are pretty ridiculous. I remember buying a stats books used for $75 online and selling it back to CU at the end of spring for $82 :)</p>
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My friend bought a textbook for her chem class for 50-ish, and sold it for 90-ish if I remember it correctly.</p>
<p>i bought my Biochem textbook for 45$ and sold it back to cornell store for 83</p>
<p>Is there another place I can find the book list (with pictures) other than searching through the Cornell store? I want to get my books elsewhere if cheaper but I dont know exactly which ones I need from the information the CS gives me.</p>
<p>You don’t need pictures, it gives you titles, authors, and ISBNs, which should be more than enough.</p>
<p>The Internet has never heard of the Intro to Organizational Behavior textbook. It also happens to be the most expensive of my textbooks.</p>
<p>I also have a question about the Mankiw econ textbook. The booklist provided by the store includes three items–an iClicker, a “Mankiw Text + APLIA 1 Package” for $133 used, and an Aplia access code for $90. All are listed as required. My question is whether or not I’m going to need to buy the textbook “package” AND the access code or if they only list the access code as a separate item in case you buy the textbook standalone.</p>
<p>I just torrent everything nowadays. Sure, a lot of times it’s better to have the real thing, but for those times I have the library.</p>
<p>i think the aplia access code is sold separately if you dont buy it with the packages they have. </p>
<p>sometimes the used packages run out so you will have to buy it new. or if you have the book and an i-clicker already you will just need to buy the aplia online code. </p>
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<p>@ray192 not everything is torrentable. sure the calculus, physics, bio, chem books might be but books like the organizational behavior just arent available for torrenting lol. </p>
<p>@ malan89 i’ve seen intro to org behavior books online…but it could be that the one for your class is a special edition made just for your cornell professor OR it could be a course packet? </p>
<p>you could just wait until the first day of class and see whats up. you can always use the book on reserve at the catherwood(ilr) library until you are able to find a cheaper version online.</p>
<p>At <a href=“http://www.affordabook.com%5B/url%5D”>http://www.affordabook.com</a> one can put in the ISBN number of a certain book and find all the websites that are selling it.</p>
<p>I tried finding my chem textbook online but nothing showed up for its ISBN number. This is the info the Cornell Store gave me:
Title:3 PKG GENERAL CHEMISTRY W/ MASTERING CHEMISTR
author: PETRUCCI
ISBN: 9780558831240</p>
<p>I looked around a bit more and I think the book is General Chemistry Principles and Modern Applications. (The instructor is Brian Crane.) Anyone else know if this is correct and which edition I will need?</p>
<p>you could wait until you get to school, and go to the store to look at the book, get the isbn of the book itself (that isbn is for the bundle), and then buy it online</p>
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<p>Current edition is #10…I just found this out b/c I’m trying to sell my sister’s edition #9 set. Damn textbook industry…</p>