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After core courses the college degree program will also require many classes within the Computer Science field. One such class is Programming Languages. Textbooks for this college course can be very expensive, especially if they are purchased on campus at the university bookstore. Actually, they usually have about the highest price on any particular Programming Languages textbook. They almost try to act they are the only supplier for this necessity for required classes. But they are not the sole source of textbooks.

Students can purchase textbooks online; and usually at a much lower price than the local college store will charge. Cheap textbooks are available online and are abundantly available. An inexpensive Programming Languages textbook is just a click of the mouse away. These cheap textbooks are purchased at a fraction of the cost offered on the college campus.

With the financial climate that we are experiencing presently there are many things to concern those wishing to further their education. The costs associated with getting an education are seemingly insurmountable. Tuition, books, and living expenses are the three major concerns. Many students can get grants or scholarships to help with the cost of tuition and other enrollment fees. Usually, books are left up to the student. Purchasing textbooks online is a great way to ease the financial woes of going to school. By purchasing inexpensive textbooks online a student can save quite a bit of money that can be used for plenty of other school related expenses.

Costs associated with going to college have skyrocketed the last few years. And honestly, there is no relief in sight especially with all the budget cuts being made by government and other agencies. It helps to know that there is at least one area where money can be saved. Ordering inexpensive textbooks online is a smart financial decision.

Inexpensive textbooks are available through the International market. These books have exactly the same content as US published books. They are simply published Internationally for distribution on the International market. It is not illegal to purchase these books for use in the United States. International textbooks are printed on various types of paper and generally use a soft cover rather than a hard backing. These are simply to reduce production costs, no information is altered. International textbooks are available at a fraction of the costs and students can typically save from 50 to 75 percent.

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The biggest question then is where can these inexpensive textbooks be found? Are they available for the average student? Yes they are available to the average student! And they can be purchased online. Just use the title, author and edition number to search for the desired textbooks. The ISBN numbers may differ only because the International distributors use a separate system for numbering the textbooks.

There are several sites online that make International textbooks available for purchase and distribution to US students. These cheap textbooks can be purchased online using the same means as in other markets. One site that carries some of the best prices on International books is We Compare Books. On this site, the books are listed and prices already compared so that the purchaser has the cheapest books available to choose from.

Make sure to purchase the International textbooks in a timely manner to allow for shipping. Also follow general procedures such as comparing author name and edition to make sure the right book is selected. Enjoy the savings you will find when you purchase International textbooks at a fraction of the cost!

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There are many classes that are required for this degree field. One such class is Software Engineering. A required class will also set certain textbook requirements. The campus store would like for students to believe that they are the sole source for purchasing the required texts. They charge over inflated prices for their class materials. There is a way to get an inexpensive Software Engineering textbooks.

Software Engineering textbooks are available to purchase online. Finding affordable textbooks online can take a huge burden off the school budget. With just a simple click or two of the mouse the textbook is on its way and at a fraction of the cost.

Purchasing textbooks online is a wonderful solution to the budget crises of enrollment. Cheap textbooks are plentiful and easy to find. Finding inexpensive books online can help to relieve a lot of the budget woes of attending college. It not only saves a bundle of money, but it also saves a lot of hassle.

After completing enrollment, many students will work their way over to the campus bookstore and start the search for classroom textbooks. Then there is the long line one must wait in while holding all their purchases. All this trouble only to be charged a super high price for the same books that can be purchased online at a fraction of the cost. Purchasing inexpensive textbooks online can save not only money, but a lot of time as well as lots of hassle by totally bypassing the college campus store.

College bookstores are known to charge outrageous prices for supplies that are required for classes. But now the student can find affordable textbooks online. Purchasing discount textbooks can relieve a lot of pressures on the pocketbook of the student. All that is needed is the title of the book required for the course and the author. The mind can now be filled with knowledge about world history without emptying the bank account.

Peruse through titles and authors to find all the affordable textbooks that will be needed to complete the course. They are accessible and easy to find as well as easy to purchase. Buying textbooks online can also save students lots of time that can be quickly absorbed looking through stacks of books at the bookstore. Even if the correct text is found it can still mean very long wait times in line just to pay a huge amount of money. Finding the same title online can save both tons of money as well as equally important time.

Whether or not your plan to borrow textbooks from the library will work depends on how large your class size is and how many copies of your class textbook are available at the library. Before you choose this route, you will need to evaluate your likelihood of being able to check out your textbook as often as you will need to for the class you’ve enrolled in. You seldom will be able to check out all the textbooks you’ll need for all of your classes, so you should combine this tactic with buying or renting used textbooks online for maximum savings without sacrificing your access to the textbook.

Most university libraries allow students to check out a book for two weeks and allow a maximum of one renewal for a total of four weeks you can have the book. After this point, the book is overdue and you’ll have to pay fines if you keep the textbook any longer. Back when I was in college and decided to try checking out a textbook instead of buying it, I simply returned the book, waited for it to be re-shelved (it’s easy to tell online), and then checked it out and renewed it for another four weeks of access to the book.

I talked to one of the librarians ahead of time about doing this, and she said it was fine as long as no other student had placed a reservation on that particular book. The tactic worked for me because I was in my junior year of college and my class sizes were beginning to become progressively smaller as I transitioned from my basics into my major courses. That meant it was less likely that another student in my class would be doing the same thing as me.

I did run into some snags while doing this. When I returned the textbook the second time around, I went back to borrow the book again and it had already been checked out by someone else. My only recourse was to reserve the book for myself when it came back in, and ask someone in my class if I could borrow their textbook on the nights I needed it (luckily, I always found classmates willing to share). Eventually, however, the textbook I’d been borrowing from the library came back in, and I was able to check it out and finish out my semester using it. Grace periods also helped me extend the length of time I could hang on to the textbook I was borrowing.

While borrowing a textbook from the library is a risky endeavor and can limit your access to the book when you need it, it’s certainly a viable way for students who are tight on money to use a textbook for absolutely free.

This guest post was written by Katheryn Rivas

Katheryn Rivas regularly writes for online universities.  Questions and comments can be sent to: katherynrivas87@gmail.com.

In regards to cheap textbooks many of the tricks have already been covered in previous blog posts, that is: used textbooks, older editions, etc. The trick I want to discuss with you today is how to find ways to avoid buying books altogether, while still having access to the contents of the books. The classic solution to this problem is simple: find a friend in the same class and share the textbook. Unfortunately this is not always possible, and when it is the friend may want you to help pay for part of the book, something completely understandable and a much better deal than having to pay the full price.

Another idea to keep in mind is that school libraries, or department libraries, typically keep copies of every textbook in reserve (this means that you cannot take them out of the building). This means that if you do not mind doing all of your studying at the library, than you do not need to buy the textbook. The downside to this is that you cannot take notes in the book, but you can always make copies of pages, and depending on the subject that may be good enough.

Another much less known trick is that most university libraries in the United States participate in some type of EZ borrow program. This means that they share books with other university libraries and are able to request books from other schools. This is great because you can request your textbooks from another university library, sign them out and bring them home. Depending on your library’s load duration, you will probably have to renew them mid semester, but that is not a problem. You will still not be able to take notes in the book (and out of respect for other students, please abstain from doing so), but at least this way you can read the book in the comfort of your home. This is a little known scheme, but trust me it works great! I had a good friend who went all through graduate school never having to purchase a single textbook.

This last trick applies to all of you out there who took humanities majors, or who are being forced to take litterature, philosophy or history classes. Many of your books, particularly novels are available in the public domain online: all you have to do is search for the name of the book and add “ull text” and if you are lucky it will be right there.

Well I hope that this blog post has given you some ideas as to how to avoid buying books, stay tuned for other postings where I will give you even more ideas on this and other book related issues. If you have tricks or ideas you would like to share, please leave a comment.

The rush by students to rent college textbooks may be misdirected

WEBWIRE – Thursday, August 06, 2009

Contact Information

Tammy Kassner

Director of Admissions

Andrew Jackson University

205-871-9288, ext. 107

tkassner@aju.edu

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – College students are flocking to companies that rent textbooks rather than buying them at bloated retail prices from campus bookstores. Some students have the impression that they are saving money by renting textbooks. But research done recently by Tammy Kassner, director of admissions at Andrew Jackson University, indicates that many rental fees are frequently more expensive than buying books second-hand.

Since Andrew Jackson University www.aju.edu delivers its low-cost courses online, and their students can’t just walk into a traditional campus bookstore, their admissions and student services departments have been helping students find good deals on textbooks. After checking prices posted online by Chegg www.chegg.com , BookRenter www.bookrenter.com and Amazon www.amazon.com for textbooks used in eight popular courses, Tammy Kassner’s staff found that few rentals were bargains when compared to the used-book prices posted on Amazon.

Five out of the eight textbooks were less expensive to purchase, based on Amazon postings, than to rent from either Chegg or BookRenter. A textbook for a criminal justice course (CJ316) at Andrew Jackson University, for example, could be bought used on Amazon for $5.24 while rentals on Chegg and BookRenter were $45.09 and $58.40, respectively. The rentals have to be returned with minimal highlighting and no writing in the margins or the student is charged full price for the textbook, according to an article in the July 31 edition of Inside Higher Ed by Stephanie Lee. “That turns a lot of students off as they want to be able to make notes in the margin as well as highlight certain things,” commented Kassner.

Kassner says that newer editions can be cheaper to rent than to buy used as there aren’t as many newer editions flooding the market to drive down prices. One instance she found where renting made sense was a textbook required for the university’s BA 541 business course. The least expensive Amazon posting was $84.94 while the same book could be rented from Chegg for $51.50 and from BookRenter for $$27.40. “But a buyer of the new edition can also expect to sell the textbook for a pretty good price when they finish the course,” Kassner said, “so the actual net cost could be substantially less than the cost of renting.”

So what does Kassner and the Andrew Jackson University staff recommend? They encourage students to shop around and compare prices, including shipping costs. “And be sure to read the fine print if you’re renting,” she cautions. “We also suggest that our students check www.wecomparebooks.com for their pricing comparisons. After all, we’re trying to provide our students with a quality college education at the lowest cost, and overpaying for textbooks just doesn’t fit in with that philosophy,” Kassner concluded.

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Related Links

Andrew Jackson University website

Inside Higher Ed article “Rent, Read and Return”

WeCompareBooks website

Article was originally published in:

http://takeeducationanywhere.com/2009/08/06/the-rush-by-students-to-rent-college-textbooks-may-be-misdirected.aspx

Today things are different. Sure you can still act as I once did, and many students do just that, but the reality is that student loans are harder to come by, and the job market being what it is, everyone is struggling and will likely continue to struggle after graduation. This is why I want to share what little wisdom I have acquired during my years as a student.

It has been brought to my attention that I do not make any money from the maintenance of this blog, this is totally true. This blog exists, and We Compare Books itself was founded because I want to help students. I feel an affinity with students, and I do not want them to repeat my mistakes. On that note I would urge you to read this blog, if you are a student, and please take the advice to heart. If you are a professor who cares about your students, you can share this blog’s URL with them. If you are a parent, or know anyone who could benefit from the information here, I would urge you to spread this news. The world has changed, and we cannot afford to keep living as though it has not.

All this to say: compare prices. It is imperative that you check prices, all over the Internet and at your local bookstore. This is the only way you can be sure to get the best prices for all your books.