Buying textbooks online

BP-TheGuy88
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:51:50 +0000

have no loyalties to any site. just go where you can get the cheapest price for the book. that is why i will recommend [Compare Discount Book Prices & Save up to 90% - GetTextbooks.com](http://www.gettextbooks.com) it’s a search engine of all sites that sell textbooks and it will give you the lowest price and tell you if it’s used or free (amazon, half, albiris, etc are all searched).
it varies from website to website, and from seller to seller. normally standard shipping is 5-9 days. you can usually wait 2 weeks into the semester though. it’s not like you’re going to go thru 10 textbooks within the first month.
that depends on your college bookstore. worse case scenario you can sell them off on a site like amazon or half.com. or even put up flyers or let friends know in your school that you’re selling books for x class.
do not buy the book now. it’s too early. what you’d want to do is e-mail the professor. tell them that you’re a student in ‘x’ class (specify the class since professors often each multiple classes) and that you’d like to know what books will be required. ask them to provide you the isbn number if possible. some won’t respond, some will. it all depends. generally i’ve found most respond back.
yes. read 1-4 above.