<p>Hi, I’m an incoming Brown student and I was just wondering if someone could inform me as to which book Professor Serrano uses for his class, Principles of Economics? </p>
<p>Also, does anyone know which books Professor Hazeltine uses for his class, Management of Industrial and Nonprofit Organizations? </p>
<p>I’m trying to get them now when I’m in the country and have time.
Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Hazeltine doesn’t use a book…he has a course pack you buy at the brown bookstore in September.</p>
<p>Do you know where I could buy the course packet online or is that not possible? </p>
<p>I can’t seem to find it on the brown bookstore website. Thanks so much for your help.</p>
<p>The course packet will not be ready until you get here in the fall when it will be available at the Brown Bookstore. It’s way early for most people to buy books-- many classes aren’t even set on what texts will be used right now and no one has really put in orders to the bookstore for their fall classes.</p>
<p>I see. I appreciate your assistance.
Do you know though in past years what textbook Serrano used? Was is Principles of Economics by Mankiw? </p>
<p>Thanks, man.</p>
<p>The Mankiw book was the one my daughter used when she took the class spring 2008.</p>
<p>how do students get their textbooks if they don’t want to pay full price at the bookstore on campus? do people go the first few weeks of class without one waiting for it to arrive from amazon/wherever else?</p>
<p>Used at the bookstore is always cheaper than Amazon. Most often, new at the bookstore is almost the same or $2-10 off. Most students just get their books at the bookstore, some never purchase their books since they almost are always on hold in the library, although this means you cannot remove the book from the library and have to go there to do your reading. Some do order online and just wait a week or so to get them.</p>
<p>I have bought a few things on Amazon, but I have Amazon Prime and get books in 2 days.</p>
<p>I don’t rarely disagree with you, Jason – but based on my daughter’s experience, used from Amazon is cheaper than used from the bookstore. She buys almost all of her books from Amazon now – and always checks the bookstore first before doing so. She’s saved a lot of money.</p>
<p>Doesn’t mocha have info for each class comparing all the costs? (used and new from Amazon, used and new from the bookstore)</p>
<p>My daughter doesn’t buy books until she gets the syllabus (and decides she’s definitely taking a class). If a book is needed immediately, she’ll buy it from the bookstore. If it’s not going to be read until later in the semester, she’ll buy it from Amazon used. Of course, she rarely takes classes that use one textbook for the entire semester, being a humanities/social sciences type. (One semester, I bought some of her books from our local library booksale – 50 cents each. That was a good deal.)</p>
<p>Mocha typically puts up that info when the bookstore puts up the information for pre-order, sometime in late August I believe.</p>
<p>Used on Amazon you can definitely get the books cheaper, but I personally haven’t had much luck. Often what I’ve been looking for was not available or available in poor shape for not much less than what I could get used at the bookstore.</p>
<p>I’ve also heard good things about half.com for books, but haven’t used that yet.</p>
<p>Yeah I’m going to also disagree the Used at the BookStore cheaper than Amazon statement.
I’ve gotten books on Amazon used for $1 to S&H=$5 that would’ve cost me $60 used at the bookstore. Sometimes I’m better off at the bookstore and sometimes I’m wayyyyy better off online. Check. You can call the bookstore ahead of time and/or use Mocha to find the ISBN numbers of the textbooks and order ahead of time. Of course, when you’re shopping, this might be a problem, though I’ve usually found a way to make do. </p>
<p>Also, when I took ECON in Fall 08 it was the Mankiw book and the ppl I know who took it Spring 09 also used it. So unless there’s a sudden update or new edition, yes, it’s that one.</p>
<p>Mankiw 5th Edition?</p>