Well the cost of college textbooks is highway robbery and I’m sure anyone that knows a college student can agree with that. Even with the advent of e-books which I’m not fond well for textbooks anyway (love love love my Kindle for everyday reading) the price of textbooks just seems to be getting higher. By the way if you have a Kindle and are a college student utilize the document delivery service if you have a lot of articles or research to read. I have been transferring my text and pdf files of research articles to my Kindle so I can take them on the go and make use of every spare minute I have. Although I love my Kindle for that feature I am not a big fan of textbooks in e-book formats. I love to have the book in hand and smell the pages lol I know I’m a little wierd but each book has their own smell plus when I am conducting research I like to spread all my sources out and not have to flip from screen to screen on the computer. Well if I get into using my Kindle a lot I will have to figure out the APA format option for citing from it – fun stuff I know.
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You’re right. Text books are crazy expensive. I always tried to buy mine online. Then I would take the ones I purchased from the expensive book store back.
Online is definitely the way to go. But be careful of the shipping and handling times from online sellers! I have a big problem with this living in Hawaii because items shipped media mail can take longer than 14 days to arrive so I often have to pay for expedited shipping. Selling your books back is a great way to earn some money for your next round of books. Before you sell them back to the book store get a quote from them on how much you books are worth and then go to Amazon.com to determine what your books are selling for used there. By shopping around for reselling books you can be sure to get the best deal!