09-10-2009 at 08:20 AM
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Buying Used Books
Buying Used Books
BY JEREMY HAN, MACINSIDERS
The start of university is approaching quickly and the book list has already been released. Every year students look at the book list and see the hundred and even thousands of dollars they have to spend. What can a student do? Buy Used!
Buying used books is a great way to save money, but where can you find used books? Here are a couple options:
Undercovers: A service provided by the MSU where upper year students can sell their books.
MacInsiders Marketplace: MacInsiders post the books that they are selling in this Marketplace.
Amazon.ca: You can save money on buying new textbooks (up to 37% off) and you can buy used books for even cheaper (up to 90% off)!
Abe Books: They claim that you can save an average of 50% off your book list.
Barnes and Noble: Save up to 30% on 100,000 titles. Also free shipping until September 25th
Half.com (by eBay): This is eBay's website to find textbooks.
Learnlink: You can also find people selling their old textbooks using this discussion and collaboration application.
The Tank: If the books you need are located in The Tank, then upper years may be walking around there trying to sell their books.
Mac-Central: Another student run community, Mac-Central has a forum where people can sell their textbooks.
Your reps and CAs! Your reps and CAs are students just like you and they may be selling their books. Go ahead and ask them, they won't bite. 
If all else fails you can also buy your books used at Titles if they are in stock.
Note: Search for your books using the isbn in order to get the correct edition. (But you should still check the edition to make sure it's the right one).
Also, a great website is Book Prices. You can compare prices on your textbooks.
For even more great links and information check out these threads:
http://www.macinsiders.com/showthread.php?t=17689
http://www.macinsiders.com/showthread.php?t=17102
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09-10-2009 at 11:06 AM
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Don`t forget that facebook is a great way to get books sold!
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09-10-2009 at 12:50 PM
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i tried registering for half.com, but I think you need to live in the US? anyone know?
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09-10-2009 at 01:39 PM
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i tried registering for half.com, but I think you need to live in the US? anyone know?
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That's really odd... I can't change the country either, but it should also be available in Canada since it says "Province" (But no provinces are actually listed) and "Postal Code".
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09-10-2009 at 02:58 PM
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Learnlink is also now open to only the Faculty of Health Sciences as well as certain other associated departments like the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences.
As a result, a lot less books can be obtained this way, but if you've got access, go right ahead and use it : ).
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09-10-2009 at 03:20 PM
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Is there a major difference between the regular edition and the "International Edition".
The only difference I saw was that the international one is Softcover. Any pressing issues I should know about them?
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09-11-2009 at 12:44 AM
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Quote:
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Is there a major difference between the regular edition and the "International Edition".
The only difference I saw was that the international one is Softcover. Any pressing issues I should know about them?
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For the most part they're exactly the same.
Just note that it may be harder to resell them to other students. |
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09-11-2009 at 06:32 AM
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facebook marketplace application works very well too
and also all the facebook groups related to bookswap or a faculty
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09-12-2009 at 12:39 PM
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Quote:
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Don`t forget that facebook is a great way to get books sold!
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I got my used books through facebook.  |
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