Where to get cheap books?

iddus02
Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:43:42 +0000

Hi,

I’m going to be a freshman next year and am trying to get some tips for saving money on textbooks.

I’m currently taking a summer course at Tufts, and found USED economics textbooks at the Tufts bookstore for an outrageous $140!! However, I managed to borrow an older edition of the same book from my high school AP economics teacher. Although, the chapters are in a different order, it has the all the required chapters from the newer addition used in our class, which I found out by going to the textbook’s website and browsing the table of contents listed there.

I’ve heard that some schools offer a textbook lending system. Does Tufts have anything like this? Are there any swap textbooks events?

So does anyone have any other creative tips like this, besides buying used books from Amazon.com and half.com, because I’ve checked and even used textbooks are quite pricey?