<p>tin379, if a book is on reserve at the library, then that book is only allowed to be checked out for 2 hours. So, after 2 hours, someone else can check it out. There are steep fines (5 bucks per hour) for people who keep books beyond the two hour limit. </p>
<p>most of the time, when I need a book, I can get it on reserve. although right now it is the summer time.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why students would buy the custom editions of Stewart Calculus. If you go to [Best</a> Book Deal - Compare Book Prices and Find Cheap Books](<a href=“http://www.bestbookdeal.com%5DBest”>http://www.bestbookdeal.com), you could compare prices for his regular editions of the textbooks.</p>
<p>^ Isn’t there a reason it’s custom? Like different problem sets or something?</p>
<p>I think the degree in which “custom” editions vary from the regular can change drastically. So you could run into a situation where you have a tough time finding something in the book, or not be able to find it period. Or it can be nearly identical.</p>
<p>If I were you guys, I would email the professor before the start of the semester to ask “To which extent would the edition of the book be necessary for this class” (that is what I do.) Most professors would be glad to tell you. However, you would not be able to find out for the classes without professors. </p>
<p>Why Two Kay, perhaps I could be wrong, but I have read articles through the new york times or something that says that publishers are hesitant to change much of the book for “custom” editions. So I guess buying another edition is another risk. In my previous school, “custom” edition for calculus textbook means that only the chapters the university covers would be in the “custom” textbook(printed for that university). </p>
<p>If you really want to be stingy, what UT students could (in theory) do is if the university does not have a copy of the textbook, you can use Interlibrary Loan (ILS) at lib.utexas.edu to request the UT library to find you a copy from some other library’s collection. But then UT’s library system swallows a fee for this service.</p>
<p>Do the Coop’s buybacks include used books, or just the ones bought new?</p>
<p>I think they will buyback used and new books, because how else would they have a used books section.</p>
<p>um…the ones you buy new will be used at the end of the semester…</p>
<p>They will buy back books as long as they will be used the next semester. New editions come out all the time, professors change, lots of reasons they might not buy it back. You can always sell them online if the co-op won’t take it.</p>
<p>Thanks Hookemhorns0 and QueenofEverythin. Sorry for all these questions, but I’m ordering a textbook from the coop online at the moment, and I’m planning on picking them up at the coop. But they’re still making me fill out a Shipping Address. What do I put there, the coop’s address?</p>
<p>No, put your dorms/apartments address if you must. I’m telling you, buying books from the CO-OP is a complete rip off</p>
<p>I know, but one of my textbooks is a brand new edition and the coop’s price is actually cheaper than amazon and half.com. But I’ll shoot my professor an email and know for sure if the previous version (4 years ago) is okay or not. Thanks for the idea and info iambored.</p>
<p>@QueenofEverythin</p>
<p>Sorry, I wasn’t asking a question. I meant in order for the Coop to have a used books section, they would’ve had to purchase them off of students.</p>
<p>I was actually surprised to find that some of my books were cheaper at the Coop than what I found in a non-intensive internet search.</p>
<p>skim1992- laude has a book for chm 301 but its an ebook. through it, you get emails and practice tests/quizzes (in addition to practice worksheets, tests and quizzes online). He will tell you about it in class. Don’t worry about it for now.</p>
<p>I ordered my textbooks earlier today from Amazon and half.com, but a couple of my classes are based entirely on novels, which I plan to buy at the Co-Op or just check out because they’re much cheaper than they would be online.</p>
<p>I actually have the CH 301/CH 302 book (hard copy, loose leaf) available but it’s missing chapter 13 (my roommate jacked it). I’ll be willing to sell it to anyone for a cheap price if anyone needs a backup copy, etc.</p>
<p>Would you guys recommend buying the Biology 311C book or would renting be okay? I have Maas btw.</p>
<p>So to pay for books with financial aid, we have to pay tuition first?</p>
<p>@utgirl2010- depends; are you going to take BIO 311D too? if so I recommend you buy the book either way even if you aren’t taking BIO 311D. If your just taking BIO 311C, the CO-OP has special copies of a book that contains chapters just for BIO 311C (and it’s alot cheaper).
Even if you rent a book, you cant get your money back even though it looks cheaper on paper. However, if you buy a book, you can sell it and get your money back</p>
<p>Ha yeah I’m a bio major…guess it wouldn’t be smart to rent a book I’ll probably need for awhile! Thanks. and the one at the coop is it the $140 one? That’s the one that says required next to it.</p>