All about Online Retailers
Hello all,
When ordering textbooks online, you may be bogged down by the immense amount of options. I’m here to list to you all (in no particular order) the top 5 online textbook retailers.
CHEGG- Chegg offers textbooks that are new and used. You are able to rent books for an entire semester. They also offer a 30 day return policy. Also has an app for iPhones.
ABEBOOKS- AbeBooks offers textbooks that are new and used. They offer “rare” textbooks as well. They offer up to 50% off the retail price of textbooks.
Alibris- Alibris offers textbooks that are new, used, and out of print. You are able to buy books and sell them back to the website when you are finished with them.
CampusBooks- Campus Books offers textbooks that are new, used, or e-books for rent. The site claims to have “nearly every textbook available for rent.” If you pay a small fee, they even offer insurance for the books you order that cover damages that may occur, or if the book is lost or stolen. It offers free shipping. It also has an iPhone and Android app available for download.
Amazon- Amazon offers textbooks that are new, used, or e-books. They offer “Amazon Student” as well, which offers many advantages for college students. They offer discounted books for up to 80%.
Books that are in the public domain are offered all over the place online. So, books like Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, Treasure Island, etc. are available online for free on many different websites.
Also, here are 5 websites that I found that may offer some of your textbooks for free:
ManyBooks.net
FeedUrBrain.com
2020Ok.com
FreeTextBooks.com
Gutenberg.org
You officially have all the information you need to make an informed decision about how you want to go about getting textbooks for your Freshman year of college and onward.
