SRL Archive - General

Purchasing Books Online

HyperSecret

2011-01-03 10:57:24

Hey guys,

I think we should start a list of places that are good for purchasing books online. I don't mean EBooks, I want places that you can physically purchase books. I will start a list.


Puchasing/Buying


Rental/Renting

Please post with suggestions for places to purchase books, I will add them to the list.

Please specify if you know which category your website should go under. If you know they only ship to certain locations, etc… I will assume International if not specified.

(Sticky this?)

jakeyboy29

2011-01-03 11:21:44

www.play.com

Hugolord

2011-01-03 11:33:01

bol.com is great if you're in NL.

Furyan

2011-01-03 13:27:56

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/ free worldwide delivery, it's great.

Brain

2011-01-03 22:40:13

ebay has good deals sometimes, but half.com is owned by ebay…

Mr.Klean

2011-01-03 23:38:29

Bookmarked. I'm a cheapo so deals are awesme

HyperSecret

2011-01-04 09:13:03

From: Hugolord
bol.com is great if you're in NL.


Added

From: Furyan
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/ free worldwide delivery, it's great.


Added

From: Brain
ebay has good deals sometimes, but half.com is owned by ebay…


Yep, I already have Ebay/half.com added to the list. There are tons of others out there that I have heard from classmates but I can't remember them for the life of me. Hopefully when classes start again everyone will hear/think of some sites.

anonymity

2011-01-04 14:48:29

I believe these are all N.America places.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
http://www.borders.com/
http://cheapbooks.com/

Troll

2011-01-04 14:55:20

From: jakeyboy292009
www.play.com


Play sell good books for UK (maybe else where aswell not sure?) :)

3Garrett3

2011-01-06 15:39:18

How reliable is Half.com?

I see one of the textbooks I need for class selling for $40 and in the campus bookstore it is $210

HyperSecret

2011-01-06 19:07:35

From: 3Garrett3
How reliable is Half.com?

I see one of the textbooks I need for class selling for $40 and in the campus bookstore it is $210


I ordered 4 of my 6 books from there just 2 days ago. I always here people using half.com. It's reliable from what I hear.

It pretty much is just ebay for textbooks.


From: anonymity
I believe these are all N.America places.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
http://www.borders.com/
http://cheapbooks.com/


Barnes and noble ; Border; Are both kind of your corporate regular priced books. Since this is under the Education section I want this thread to be more about places to get good/cheap school textbooks for college students. Instead of spending sooo much money on textbook from their college bookstore.

3Garrett3

2011-01-06 20:08:01

I found that the catch was that it was the 11th edition and I need the 12th. The only site carrying it is Amazon and it's for 180. Almost not worth it.

HyperSecret

2011-01-06 21:57:29

From: 3Garrett3
I found that the catch was that it was the 11th edition and I need the 12th. The only site carrying it is Amazon and it's for 180. Almost not worth it.


Ah that sucks. It must be a BRAND NEW edition then. half.com is usually people selling books that have taken the class and don't need it anymore. I was able to find my C book for $35 and the bookstore sells it for $135. My 2 physics books I got for $23 (combined) and they are $120 (combined) at the bookstore. My circuits book I got for $18 and it is $113 at the bookstore.

3Garrett3

2011-01-06 22:15:40

From: HyperSecret
Ah that sucks. It must be a BRAND NEW edition then. half.com is usually people selling books that have taken the class and don't need it anymore. I was able to find my C book for $35 and the bookstore sells it for $135. My 2 physics books I got for $23 (combined) and they are $120 (combined) at the bookstore. My circuits book I got for $18 and it is $113 at the bookstore.


I think it's 2008 or 2009, which sucks :(

Brain

2011-01-06 22:16:37

ebay turned up cheaper for all my books (cept the few that only sell at the bookstore…). Even earned some cash back with their ebay bucks program :)

YoHoJo

2011-01-06 22:20:00

From: 3Garrett3
How reliable is Half.com?

I see one of the textbooks I need for class selling for $40 and in the campus bookstore it is $210


NEVER use the campus book store for buying or selling back! (Unless you have no other option)

The reason in your chase(and all cases) it was so much more is 1) They sell the books new, while other sites give you option to buy old/used books, and 2) Noobs like you pay2much4urbooks!

I always buy used on amazon, I look for decent/good quality and cheap price, 90% of the time it's MUCH cheaper than the book store (even with shipping).

Then, when I am done with them, I resell on Amazon, I've sold all of my books back for the same price I bought them or more (except that Amazon takes about 15% commission for each sale). So in the end it's like I'm paying only 10-20$ a book if I sell them back!

Campus book stores sell high and buy for low, they are all about making money!

Becks

2011-01-14 13:36:36

I rent from chegg.com and use amazon.

anonymity

2011-01-14 15:27:06

The new scam.. is when a class ' specializes a book… for that class only… and then that campus book store is the only place to buy the book 'college X edition' … complete money making bull.

evanw25

2012-02-17 20:55:09

http://www.booksamillion.com

Main

2012-02-17 21:07:39

I used amazon and it was friggin fast (even in canada).

But if any one of you have a course smart account and would like me to help you rip of the book :)

I wrote a script (non simba) to save all the pages into image and refresh it to remove your name:)

bots420

2012-05-05 15:35:50

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ International. Good site

Womble

2012-11-23 17:30:32

I use amazon, mainly because at the end of each year they offer to buy your books back. If like me you study a module such as tax your text book will be near enough rendered useless by the government every year then this proves very useful as the contribution towards the newest edition :)

Leonardo Da Vinci

2012-11-23 19:36:06

I'll be bookmarking this page for sure!

Swifte

2012-11-23 20:58:05

http://www.amazon.com

Leonardo Da Vinci

2012-11-24 00:54:26

Do whoever unrepped me.
" Purchasing Books Online 11-24-2012 12:10 PM spam shit/post count whore/just no."
I would advise that you stroke my sexual organ with your mouth.

Ian

2012-11-24 01:01:04

From: Leonardo Da Vinci
Do whoever unrepped me.
" Purchasing Books Online 11-24-2012 12:10 PM spam shit/post count whore/just no."
I would advise that you stroke my sexual organ with your mouth.


Seems a bit vulgar :/

Imo they still shouldn't have de-repped you though

Leonardo Da Vinci

2012-11-24 01:04:12

From: BMWxi
Seems a bit vulgar :/

Imo they still shouldn't have de-repped you though


I tired speaking his language. It's the only type they understand… The language of the "Mummy never hugged me and dad beat me" tribe.

DeiJaiVui

2012-12-13 03:25:15

I've bought from them quiet a few times.. They're great.

Australia ONLY.

http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/