Textbooks are way too expensive.

whoa. mine only cost me about £2 each

It was pretty cool being an English major... once I was to the point of taking all classes in my major, I could buy a lot of my texts as cheap used paperbacks.   But yeah, they are ridiculously expensive!

Aristes wrote:

And heavy!
I just spent $500 on three books! And they're huuuuuge. My bio book is atleast 4". Buh.

was any of that used books? i always tried to find used books. you live in odessa right. there is a book store there called the college store. they have okay prices

oh man i hate that! then you are stuck with them. college stinks! it's worth it in the end. sad thing about it.... you buy the expensive textbooks and never cover the whole book

Aristes wrote:

I have to pay with my pell grant. The problem was that none of the books could be bought used, and none of them can be sold back!

Ugh, those books are the WORST! I bought a Formal Logic book last year that cost me a pretty penny and could only be used once because of the included software. Maybe next semester you'll have better luck.

www.usedtextbooks.com

You can easily sell books back that your university doesn't want back, even if they are old editions and so forth.

They cover the shipping to get them to their place too.

My textbooks are supplied by the school. And are completely free.

As long as you don't damage them.

shilohlascano wrote:

Gueld wrote:

I usually have a search on ebay for my books...the union at my uni also has a wonderful stall where people can buy and sell their books and usually i can find the exact edition I need for less than half the price!! But yeah...had to spend £50 for one book last year that I must of used once and have no use for now I don't mind spending cash on the books I'll probably keep for life as they will relate to my career but I hate having to buy the ones for one-off modules.

You're from Glasgow, anywhere you can recommend for cheap books?  I'm needing one that is apparently really pricey but it covers my second year too. Amazon has a different edition

John Smiths is pretty fair and they often have second hand versions of the new editions.

I've generally got by with no textbooks. When your college has a library that is open 24 hours a day, you have a library with a copy of every book ever within one min walk, and subject libraries within 10 mins walk, you don't need many textbooks.

Mind you my subject isn't textbook based (though it is book based)

I heart my university

My school library sucks. I went looking for reference books on a few subjects and I couldn't find crap. And all of the encyclopedias they have? I'm not allowed to use. lol

Rossey wrote:

Asheya wrote:

My textbooks are supplied by the school. And are completely free.

As long as you don't damage them.

You're not at university are you?  If you are...
Where in god's name do you go??? I need to go to grad school there if they pay for all your texts.
Another good place to buy and sell texts is half.com.

I'm 16. Of course I don't go to a university. I've got two more years. My brother had to pay for his text books too. He's going to a community college right now.

Asheya wrote:

Rossey wrote:

Asheya wrote:

My textbooks are supplied by the school. And are completely free.

As long as you don't damage them.

You're not at university are you?  If you are...
Where in god's name do you go??? I need to go to grad school there if they pay for all your texts.
Another good place to buy and sell texts is half.com.

I'm 16. Of course I don't go to a university. I've got two more years. My brother had to pay for his text books too. He's going to a community college right now.

No need to get snippy. I apologize for not looking at you age. I just wondered because it's not like not having to pay for books in secondary or elementary is something special. There are VERY few schools that make students buy their text books. Occasionally for advanced/AP classes but even then not the actual text books that i have ever heard of.