How The Internet Modified Textbook Buying
If you’re a varsity or college student you know the costs connected with buying textbooks. Not so long ago, we would walk into the campus book shop to find your textbooks. If you’re lucky the Waterstone's had a tiny inventory of the used books that were slightly less expensive and many times you’re stuck with buying a new book at recommended retail or maybe higher yet. Then about 10 years ago Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other websites came on the web. These online internet sites permitted you the
simplicity
of ordering from your dormitory room and having the books delivered directly to you. A few of these sites began to offer college books for a bit less than the full retail price creating a path for cutting costs. Then Half.com and other sites and started to offer used books for sale at a reduced price.
As more sites came online competition increased as well as the discounts. The problem is that with the large number of sites you never can tell if you’re getting the best price. Granted, it’s rather easy to take a seat at a PC with a notepad and do multiple searches online to find the most affordable price you can for what you need. I remember spending 30 min. per book hunting down costs from all the websites I knew about.
The desire to find the cheapest site without having to search for hours ended in a small search widget that reported all the bookstores inventory and prices. Converted to a web site, this site lets you find university books online the easy way, a one stop price comparison shop!
The nice thing is that whether or not you are in the market to rent or buy textbooks, this site has the answers. You’ll see prices from all around the web, from sites who are providing used textbooks for sale, international editions for sale, textbook rental, and even downloadable digital textbooks.
With over 12 sites renting textbooks and another dozen offering digital downloads added to the 30 sites selling new or used textbooks there is no easy way to find the best price without a helper. With prices changing due to supply and demand the site that is least expensive today may not even have the book in stock tomorrow. The wonderful thing about a textbook price comparison site is that you know you are getting the top deal available.
Bob Jones founded Cheap-Textbooks.com, a website devoted to saving students money. The site offers a textbook price comparison service to help students find cheap textbooks and a buyback quote service. The site also publishes the latest textbook discounts and coupon codes.