If you’re headed back to campus this semester, your syllabus probably has a list of expensive books to buy. You can make your dollars stretch a little further if you buy used or secondhand, and this week we’re looking at four of the best sites where you can score cheap textbooks without breaking the bank.
Buying a used textbook is the easiest and quickest way to save money. The key is to make sure you are buying a book that is in reasonable condition. The search tool listed below includes the price of both new and used books.
Low-Cost Textbooks
4. eCampus
This site provides every textbook buying option imaginable. You can choose from new or used books, e-textbooks, and textbook rentals. eCampus.com also offers a textbook buyback program.
3. Campus Books
This site compares prices on more than 8 million textbooks around the web so that you are guaranteed to find the best price online. Site shoppers can choose from new or used textbooks, e-textbooks, and rentals.
2. Chegg
Number one in textbook rentals, Chegg offers thousands of textbooks, free return shipping and customizable renting periods. This company will also plant a tree for every textbook you rent, sell or buy through the site.
1. Cengage Brain
At CengageBrain.com, you can save up to 15% on new textbooks and 50% on e-textbooks. The site also sells textbooks by the chapter and in audio form.
If you don’t want to pay for textbook there’s an option where you can find a free textbook, Digital, PDF, the list goes on