<p>Do textbooks cost the same at an ivy league college as they would at like a state school? Just wondering, out of curiousity…</p>
<p>I think (most) bookstores sell books at the regular retail price but you can get them cheaper online (check Amazon and half.com).</p>
<p>I vote for half.com !</p>
<p>Whenever you shop for college textbooks, always find out what are the required books for the course, write down the titles and authors, and purchase the books online at a cheaper price. Amazon.com (used and new) and Half.com are excellent places to buy books online.</p>
<p>Amazon is definitely a good place to check. Sometimes you can save a lot of money by using Amazon.</p>
<p>Another good trick it to buy the previous version on ebay or amazon. Really, how much changes in History or Math? Many times there are a few extras (sometimes not at all) and if there are, go to the library and pick up one on reserve. Here is an article with other suggestions. <a href=“Campusliving.org”>Campusliving.org;
<p><a href=“http://www.campus-business.com%5B/url%5D”>www.campus-business.com</a></p>
<p>“Really, how much changes in History or Math?”</p>
<p>My professor took the fourth edition of a standard Introductory Number Theory book, and completely overhauled it for the fifth edition, adding new algorithms, applications to computer science, and basically 3-6 new chapters. The fourth edition my high school teacher had given me (that she used when she took the class in college) was pretty much useless for the class.</p>
<p>gettextbooks.com is what i use.</p>
<p>Math professors often assign homework problems out of the book, in which case you need the edition that the instructor is using. On the other hand, if there are no assignments out of the textbook I wouldn’t bother buying it (just talking about math, not history etc).</p>
<p>Most of the time, books are more expansive in the bookstores.Always try to find out before the semester which books you will need. Here are some link that every one can use to buy or sell their books. Half.com is the best one to sell because they charge you less.
[CampusI.com:</a> Compare 200 online book store prices. Find the lowest price on new & used books & textbooks.](<a href=“http://www.campusi.com%5DCampusI.com:”>http://www.campusi.com)
Abebooks.com
Half.com
Alibris.com
barnes and noble’s web site: you will click on used text book to see them. As for campusi it basicaly give you the price for most of the online stores than you compare them.</p>
<p>The only school bookstore I know of that doesn’t just charge cover price is at Caltech where they’ll match website prices down to whatever they paid for it.</p>