Buy Cheaper Textbooks

By Bob Jones


For students it's not news that textbooks are a major cost. It is amazing how fast a new semester sneaks up on us. One of the un-pleasantries that arise with a new semester is the need to buy your textbooks. You could stroll down to the College book shop where they are going to be pleased to alleviate you of plenty of money. Or you could use an internet textbook site to get your textbooks at a significantly lower price.

Did you know that the average student spends over $900 annually on textbooks? And if they use loan money for the textbooks then not only are paying the $900 now but are paying out interest fees on this cash year on year until the loans are paid off. After only a few years this means you are really spending $1500 or more for one year worth of textbooks. This makes finding cheap college books far more important.

The first step is to log into your school's website and look up your courses to get an inventory of the mandatory course books. Once you have this list of books you can go surfing to find them as cheap used textbooks or as rental textbooks. But which format is cheaper, buying used textbooks or renting? Depending on the book needed the answer's not necessarily the same.

One of the very finest tools to find who offers the least expensive price and the least expensive format is by utilising a textbook price comparison service. Enter the ISBN and get a report that lists all of the used textbook and rental textbook sites with their costs. When comparing college textbook prices remember that rental textbooks don't have any sell back value. The least expensive price will not be at the same site for all of your textbooks. Pricing is dependent upon supply and demand and changes daily. It's important to price compare each book to maximise your savings.

By cutting textbook costs a student may just be able to reduce the amount of their college loans. With the current job market limiting your student loan debit is an extremely important task.




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