<p>Since all the students have laptops, why do they have to buy expensive textbooks? as liberal as UNC is, you would think they would want to save a few trees.</p>
<p>Not all textbooks are available as e-books, some are. Some students actually like the idea of having the book in hand.</p>
<p>Amazon.com, buying from past students, sharing textbooks, buying everything used etc.</p>
<p>I probably never paid more than half of the ‘new’ list price for my textbooks. You just have to get conservative about what you choose to spend your money on. If you buy your textbooks new for convenience, you probably aren’t investing well in your education.</p>
<p>Though it gets easier over time. As a freshman, you buy all your books new from Student Stores before you realize you don’t have to (and you shouldn’t).</p>
<p>I’m a freshman and I buy all my books from Amazon. I couldn’t stand having any books online - it’s bad enough to have to do readings online. Nobody I know can actually do readings for hours on end on a computer screen, and there’s so many other things you can do on the computer as a distraction.</p>
<p>Make sure you check the editions and ISBN numbers of your books before you order from Amazon, etc. You don’t want to get the wrong book, be stuck with it, then have to also purchase the correct copy. But you can usually find your books used. Many of them also require a computer access code as well, though, which you will not be able to purchase from anyone else.</p>