<p>Not all of Amazon’s used book dealers ship media mail. Check out the shipper for the book you want. Some also have a choice of shipping. It just depends on the dealer. My last textbook order came in 48 hours at half price for a new book.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the great info. We will most likely wait until next year as time is short now, but now that we know will order for future years on line!</p>
<p>my3girls-
Yes, you are correct. Several of the shippers will offer “upgrade” options for shipping, but sometimes the shipping price becomes a bit steep. However, for really expensive college texts, its still a better deal than buying full price at the bookstore on campus. My s. bought a lot of his books directly from students who’d just taken the class. Also a lot are sold used in the campus stores as well. There’s also a site called <a href=“http://www.mbsbooks.com%5B/url%5D”>www.mbsbooks.com</a> that not only sells used books, but buys them back from you and emails you a shipping label to send them with.
<em>NOTE</em> corrected URL</p>
<p>if your school is on dogears, it’s the perfect place to go.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dogears.net%5B/url%5D”>www.dogears.net</a></p>
<p>you buy direct from other students on your campus and cut out the middleman. lots of people are on it. all books are classified by price and condition.</p>
<p>for example, there are about 90 copies of the calc book listed that is used at columbia.</p>