Getting the most bang for your buck
Students have several options when it comes to selling text books
Kent Otto
Issue date: 12/12/05 Section: Features
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The Amazon Marketplace allows you to list textbooks you'd like to sell at a given price. If someone were to purchase your book, Amazon takes care of everything. You mail the book and Amazon will deposit the money right into your checking account.
Bigwords.com is a search engine that returns the best deals from several book selling and buying websites. The website claims to save customers an average of $71 on books. The site also searches the best prices for new and used DVDs, music, games, and supplies.
Moving on...
After you've cashed in your used books and headed home for break, the last thing on your mind may be next semester's classes. However, you'll often find better prices on books if you start early.
The Drury bookstore begins stocking books for next semester immediately after buybacks and most books arrive by mid December. Although Drury chooses to not make a comprehensive book lists public, students can usually obtain such information by a simple visit to the bookstore or by e-mailing the professor.
Bigwords.com is a search engine that returns the best deals from several book selling and buying websites. The website claims to save customers an average of $71 on books. The site also searches the best prices for new and used DVDs, music, games, and supplies.
Moving on...
After you've cashed in your used books and headed home for break, the last thing on your mind may be next semester's classes. However, you'll often find better prices on books if you start early.
The Drury bookstore begins stocking books for next semester immediately after buybacks and most books arrive by mid December. Although Drury chooses to not make a comprehensive book lists public, students can usually obtain such information by a simple visit to the bookstore or by e-mailing the professor.
Article last update: 12/11/05 at 2:10 PM CST
