Great place to find school textbooks.....

[Gibson486]

How can I find my isbn number for my books. I have my class scheduale, but it only tells what class I am in, it does not say what books I need

 

[iluvdeal]

Email your professor, go to your campus bookstore and copy it down, etc. I'm sure you can think of more.

 

[OulOat]

If you are lucky enough, your school might have a book trading website other than newsgroups for students. I know MIT has www.mit411.com and Caltech? has one that made the news. School that I go to, UIUC, had several that flopped in the past. The only one I can find now that works is www.illinibookexchange.com . It's pretty new, I actually found it while it was under development this summer. Not many books yet, but I guess that is expected for a new listing site. Good thing is that listing is free, and that only UIUC students can sign up. The thing is that at these local book trading sites, prices might not be as low as online megamarts, but at least you can be assured to get your books within a day and that you are helping other students.

 

[Devistater]

Jeez, great sites. Lots of good info in this thread. I'll have to save it to a file or something. Too bad I already got all my books.... each book this semester was over $100 except for one. Oh well, I'll have to try this next semester.

 

[GPz1100]

Buying and selling books online (for students) usually turns out to be a much better deal than getting them from the local bookstores. It blows my mind how many people in my classes don't even consider online book purchasing as an option (at least of those I asked in my engineering classes)

Personally, I haven't been burned by any sellers yet.. Though I have been burned by usps (damn idiots need to leave notes when deliveries are dropped off at front office).
I still buy books at the bookstore until I receive the the ordered ones - the univ bookstores typically give at least 2 weeks return policy after the start of the term, and usually its a no questions asked return.



Other than that, I think i typically saved at least $50-100 each semester on books. Also, when end of semester time comes, getting 1/4 or 1/3 back vs full price (for those books that I have no further need for) from the local book stores bites... Sell 'em online instead. Even with half.com, amazon's, etc commisions, you still make out better than the univ bookstore.

 

[kracmunkie]

I ordered from Amazon UK a few times last year. The prices are great but the wait's a b!t@h. It took 3-4 weeks for the books to get to me in California. In the meantime, I bought all the books at the campus bookstore, then returned them on the last day possible. Worked for me just depends on how patient you are and if you wanna risk being bookless for up to a week or so