<p>Besides the U of MD bookstore, what cheaper alternatives are there for buying school books? I was shocked to see the cost of college books in the on-campus bookstore.</p>
<p>Amazon.com is a good place. I get books much cheaper through that.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dealoz.com;%5B/url%5D”>www.dealoz.com;</a> Also lots of students sell and trade through facebook.</p>
<p>You shop around to find the best deal. Some semesters I used several different vendors depending on who had the best deal. Sometimes it’s Amazon, or Bookholders, or someplace else.</p>
<p>[BookHolders.com</a> - buy, sell and rent books](<a href=“BookHolders.com - buy, sell and rent books”>BookHolders.com - buy, sell and rent books)</p>
<p>Very true, My wife is a grad student and buys all her books this way, save the boxes and they’ll buy them back for Amazon credit. They are always in better condition than described when buying used</p>
<p>Ditto what plumazul says… if you’re willing to spend time on it, by getting your books from the variety indicated above, especially bookholders.com and even ebay (and I picked one up for D at a used book store this week for $2), you can save the most $$. By shopping early, you may have a wider amount of used books available, but by waiting until after the class starts, you can sometimes avoid buying books that may be on the book list, but that the professor indicates you may not need. The best deal is almost always buying the book from someone who just took the class. They’ll get more money than most of the places that buy back books, and you’ll be able to get it for less than you’d have to pay elsewhere.</p>
<p>It’s most convenient to just go into the campus bookstore to get all your books at the same time (and that’s what keeps them in business), but that’s probably the most expensive way to get your books.</p>
<p>Seconding amazon and bookholders. I’ve gotten all of my books through them and I’d like to think I’m one of the those ‘bargain hunting people’.</p>