Books Budget for first year Chem E major

SEA_tide
Fri, 24 May 2013 20:08:29 +0000

The aggregate sites I use most often are dealoz.com and bigwords.com. I’ve bought and sold books from a variety of websites, marketplace sellers, eBay, and Craigslist. When looking at marketplace sellers, see if they have their own website which often has cheaper shipping.

While not in engineering, I’ve had a lot of professors who didn’t use the assigned book or made accommodations for less expensive options after classes started. Free 2 day shipping with Amazon Prime helped a lot in these cases. It’s also sometimes possible to find pdfs of textbooks for free online.

International editions can be a good deal and are most often the exact same as the US editions except for the soft cover. Non-hardcover editions, including the “money saving” loose leaf editions are notoriously hard to resell, which can make them more expensive in the long run.