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Post by cindyupnorth on Aug 6, 2014 17:42:31 GMT
"We always wait till school has started. Even though there is a book list it often happens that professors will say you don't need to actually buy the book. They give handouts or link to online websites. We learned this the hard way after laying out tons of money for DS's first semester." -------------------------------------------
I must say, we have NEVER had this happen, in the 5 yrs we have had kids in college. It may just be that college? Because we have dealt with 3 different colleges. I would NEVER wait til school starts to get the books. They may have run out, or they may need the books that wk. Many times the professors actually ADD more books if anything
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Post by Patter on Aug 6, 2014 20:48:20 GMT
Totally agree cindyupnorth. My girls always have textbook work the first day. They couldn't afford to be without their books before school starts.
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IPeaFreely
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Post by IPeaFreely on Aug 7, 2014 2:13:49 GMT
patter...yes. each place is different. chegg has it for different devices. kindle's that way. google ebook rental and check them out. i love the e textbook. i take notes on the computer right in the book.
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Post by Patter on Aug 7, 2014 9:59:11 GMT
patter...yes. each place is different. chegg has it for different devices. kindle's that way. google ebook rental and check them out. i love the e textbook. i take notes on the computer right in the book. Thanks so much!
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Post by scrappinmom3 on Aug 7, 2014 10:18:46 GMT
My dd has rented from Chegg and Amazon and it has worked out great. My ds recently started working for Cengage, one of the large test book publishers and can now get her books that are offered digitally for free and a 60% discount for those that aren't.
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gsquaredmom
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Jun 26, 2014 17:43:22 GMT
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Post by gsquaredmom on Aug 7, 2014 10:44:10 GMT
The cheapest used ones always seem to sell out prior to the first day. And they were usually needed from the first day. Sometimes homework was assigned BEFORE the first day and due the first day. We usually find that renting is abour as much as the cheaper used ones and no writing in it. Sounds like that varies so thanks for this thread!
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Post by justjenpeas on Aug 7, 2014 11:56:45 GMT
My son has only rented from the college book store. On amazon last semester he bought 3 used books for $63, one of those books alone was over $200 for a math class. I am not sure he knew he could rent from Amazon, so I will be sure to let him know.
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