Four Reasons Textbook Costs Will Drop

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SellBackYourBook.com

If you use a book buyback site such as sellbackyourbook.com at the end of the semester then you can recoup alot of what you spent on the books.

Also always buying used copies online and avoiding the actual college bookstore will help you keep cost down. Sites like amazon and half.com always will have the lowest prices for used textbooks.

chegg.com

As opposed to the previous commenter, I have nothing but good experience with Chegg. I receive my books most often in time for me to use them in class. Sometimes the books come separately from different sellers because Chegg does not have all of the books in its own warehouse. I greatly recommend Chegg. It's saved me a bunch of money and doesn't leave me with tons of books I'll probably never open again.

Textbooks

Textbooks have always shown the side of the author's view, and; therefore, textbooks restrict the learning of the student. Content in textbooks, especially those of the math and sciene nature, tend to be too expansive, and the students, after learning the concepts, may later be confused with all the explaining. I believe the Orientals could teach the Americans something about math books. We are told that their math books are smaller with emphasis on concepts only. Not the 1000 pagers that my son had in high school, full of shiny pages and heavy in the book bag, so we still have neck pain. Oh, my. It is hard to get to your locker on the other side of the school, and you may not want to go past the gangs and the fighters, but being allowed to read from many other sources will allow the students to be more informed as well. One good reason to have a textbook will help when your child is in a bad school, and that could be anywhere, then, you may have a guide as to what is trying to be taught. As a parent you may add to the text or review. This would keep the student from getting behind.

Anyway, textbook publisher sales people usually court the often incompetent, so called, "lead teachers" who will select anything that has a pretty cover and a tote page to go with it all at the taxpayers expense while they go to meeting after meeting. I wonder if these schools ever include the people who are trained in selection such as public school librarians. If they do include those with selection of media classes under their belt, I am sure it would just be as a token, and the "leads" would over ride any decision. Oh, this brings me to a new rule, maybe you should not select textbooks unless you have been trained in the media selection process. How about a combination of materials and articles designed to allow many viewpoints? Outstanding teachers and professors usually have their owm materials anyway. Those materials get tricky on the lower levels; because, the kids may get corrupted by the knowledge. At the university level you may get to purchase all the books your professor co-authored, or worse the books of friends of the professor. That can really get expensive if you are an average student with a limited amount credit card. How about starting with a master's degree in media if you select textbooks and media materials for your school? I bet we would all save money and have more informed citizens.

Babs

www.Textbooksrus.com

textbooksrus.com is where I have purchased some of my books. They sell many International editions at a third of what I would pay at the bookstore. The sell back price is not fantastic though they will buy the book back. The price savings is substantial and I don't need to hassle with returning the book if I rented. I like to keep my books anyway.

bad service

my experience with chegg has been so bad and disappointing i rented two books from there. I never recieved my books got ripped off for my money every time i call no one answers ect.its so bad

So cheap

I've rented five books from Chegg.com and they saved me a ton of money. The shipping is fast and you can rent by semester, quarter or year which is great. Also, for every book you rent, they plant a tree which is great towards the environment!

more free textbooks

You guys have missed out on Freeload Press, which offers free pdfs for downloading. Mostly business and econ books, some math, English, and computer apps. Includes ads so it's free.

constant new editions kep the prices high

the reason texts are so high is because college texts are deigned by the publisher to last no meore than a year or two before a new edition is released which can make used books scarce

nice

I rented 4 books from chegg.com and they were all in good condition and were delivered fast. Saved me a lot of money.