Why Amazon.com is My Best Friend Right Now
August 20th 2007 16:04
If I don't post much this week it's because I'm back up at school!
But I have an addition to my Free Online Books post.
I went to the campus bookstore today to check out how many books I would be needing, and about how much they would cost. Before I left, I took a piece of paper with a list of my classes on it and space underneath to write in the book names and ISBNs. I completely recommend doing this before you go buy your books at the campus bookstore!
So, these are the steps to getting cheaper books if you can't find complete texts online for free:
1) take a piece of paper with your classes (don't forget the section number!)
2) write down the title, ISBN, author (just in case) and price at your bookstore.
3) go back to your room and get on amazon.com. check out prices of the books there. get them cheaper!
On that last step, be sure to include the $4 for shipping. So if a book at your campus costs $12.50, and you find it online for $9, don't forget to add shipping to that number. The $9 plus $4 for shipping is more than buying it at your bookstore!
I just did the math on all of my books. One I had from last year from a different class, and another I have from a class I took at my other school. The rest of the books would have cost upper of $250 if I simply bought them from the campus bookstore; (this includes the "used" prices as well). Buying the ones that are cheaper online the cost comes down to $171.94 for all of my books. (I have 18 to buy - hey I'm an English major! Although most of mine aren't actual textbooks; some of them you might read for fun!)
UPDATE: I found more of the books through the library than I expected, and decided not to buy my psychology book ($94 alone). So the actual total of my books is $43!
But I have an addition to my Free Online Books post.
I went to the campus bookstore today to check out how many books I would be needing, and about how much they would cost. Before I left, I took a piece of paper with a list of my classes on it and space underneath to write in the book names and ISBNs. I completely recommend doing this before you go buy your books at the campus bookstore!
So, these are the steps to getting cheaper books if you can't find complete texts online for free:
1) take a piece of paper with your classes (don't forget the section number!)
2) write down the title, ISBN, author (just in case) and price at your bookstore.
3) go back to your room and get on amazon.com. check out prices of the books there. get them cheaper!
On that last step, be sure to include the $4 for shipping. So if a book at your campus costs $12.50, and you find it online for $9, don't forget to add shipping to that number. The $9 plus $4 for shipping is more than buying it at your bookstore!
I just did the math on all of my books. One I had from last year from a different class, and another I have from a class I took at my other school. The rest of the books would have cost upper of $250 if I simply bought them from the campus bookstore; (this includes the "used" prices as well). Buying the ones that are cheaper online the cost comes down to $171.94 for all of my books. (I have 18 to buy - hey I'm an English major! Although most of mine aren't actual textbooks; some of them you might read for fun!)
UPDATE: I found more of the books through the library than I expected, and decided not to buy my psychology book ($94 alone). So the actual total of my books is $43!
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