by Bob Jones
Most articles I have read on finding cheap textbooks include a suggestion to utilize a textbook price comparison website. This is a good tip particularly if you understand how to get the most out of the info presented on the sites. You'll find out a lot more than merely the cheapest textbook site.
Begin by entering the ISBN and activating a search. The ensuing list will give the following info. Who has your book in stock. Most textbook price comparison services will only return the prices from sites that actually have the book available. The list will also offer you information regarding the different formats available. You can quickly know if your textbook is available for digital download, available new or used, or perhaps available as an international version. And finally you'll be able to see the price range from the numerous sites for every one of these conditions.
The good information does not stop there. Many price comparison sites also offer quotes for textbook buyback. You can see what a second hand textbook would bring you if you were to sell it back today. This is critical if you want to compare the difference between purchasing the book or renting the book. Renting and downloading provides no resale value at the end of the course. Many times purchasing and then reselling is actually a better deal provided the price you get for selling the textbook today is close to what it will be worth at the end of your course.
There is one thing more I'd do before proceeding to make my call on which textbook to buy and that's to do another search but this time use the title and/or author's name to conduct the search. A search like this will return multiple versions of the same textbook with different publication dates. If you get by with an earlier edition you can save an amazing amount of cash. The other thing you ought to be able to see is how frequently a new issue is released. Has a new version come out each 2 years? How close are we to the time when we should expect another new version? If a new version is near at hand you could consider renting because a purchased book would be greatly devalued when the new edition was released.
If you want to see a number of these methodologies in action there is a YouTube video running real life textbook requests there a price comparison service to find <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pk1V9ScTe4&feature=g-all">cheap textbooks</a>.
Bob Jones set up Cheap-Textbooks.com, a internet site dedicated to saving students money. The site offers a <a href="http://www.cheap-textbooks.com/textbook-price-comparison.html">textbook price comparison</a> service to help students find <a href="http://www.cheap-textbooks.com/">cheap textbooks</a> and a buyback quote service.
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Title: Finding Textbooks and Saving Money
Author: Bob Jones
Email: dirasu.845720.0@articlesamurai.com
Keywords: textbook price comparison,cheap textbooks,cheap-textbooks,cheap college textbooks
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Category: College
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