<p>I have my list of textbooks needed for school but cannot find them anywhere on the web. I type the ISBN given to me and nothing comes up, its like those ISBN numbrs dont exist. And even worse my school gives super vague names for the books i need so i cant find them. For example it says for calculus i need Thomas' Calculus, but there are a ton of thomas' calculus books and i have no idea which one is for me. Its like that for every class but one. Do you have any advice? Has it happened to any of you?</p>
<p>Well, yes it has, and when it has, it was a custom edition of the book required and printed by the school. Only the bookstore had it.</p>
<p>just plug the isbn into google. even custom editions will usually show up.</p>
<p>they dont show up. at all.</p>
<p>do any of the isbns have an X in them? Those are usually custom and hard to find in my exp.</p>
<p>And don’t forget you can email your profs and just ask what Author / Title / Edition they want. Usually they’ll say “yeah you don’t <em>have</em> to buy the custom edition”. Hate custom ed’s because they are impossible to find used.</p>
<p>no, none of them have an x. But i did notice that for the ones i cant find the publisher is left blank. I think that means they are published by the school and custom.</p>
<p>^^ OH YEAH!!! I forgot because my school doesn’t do it often, but some schools love to make a books out of professor’s notes. They can print them up for $2 and then sell them for $30.</p>
<p>these books arent $30, theyre like $130. I felt so good when i decided to rent or buy books online because it felt like i was sticking it to the system. But now i realize you cannot escape i, college will always gouge you for max profit.</p>