<p>Agree with Chucktown. Never pay full price for a textbook unless you plan to keep it as a reference book, and even then you probably will never open it once your class is finished.</p>
<p>Lake Jr. reads the reviews on Amazon very carefully before buying a required text. If too many reviewers trash the textbook, he buys the cheapest most “acceptable” used copy and uses the savings to buy a more well respected book on the specific subject to use as a supplement, if he thinks he needs one in addition to the professor’s classnotes. I’d also suggest lookikng at what’s available in the school library to supplement your required text.</p>