25. April 2008 by admin.

This is the place to get information about the college textbook market. You’ll find the economics of the market, and most importantly how to find discount textbooks.

8 Ways to Find Cheap College Textbooks

How to save money on textbooks.

1. You can’t learn everything on campus.
You already knew this one, but there is no higher priced textbook than the one you find at the campus bookstore. It is a huge profit center for most universities. I once heard someone joke that there is more money to be made breaking into a bookstore than a bank.
2. Rock out with an oldy.
Textbook companies constantly release new editions of their textbooks, so you will have to buy new textbooks each semester (and they can sell more new books). Often however, the newest edition of a textbook has very little changes from the old one. Ask your instructor how close the old edition is to the new one. (They review each new edition) The only thing to keep in mind is that it can often be hard to sell back old editions. Usually you will save more on your purchase of an old edition than you would get back from the purchase of a new edition.
3. Have you heard of the internet?
Of course you have. And you know there are tons of web sites to comparison shop for cheap textbooks. Use them!
pazap.com

shopping.yahoo.com

4. Wouldn’t it be great if you had all the answers?
You didn’t hear it from me, but you can often find the instructor’s edition or annotated edition of textbooks online for a lower price than the student version. Just search for “instructor” or “annotated” with the title and author on the above shopping sites. Again, they can be hard to sell back, but you will save more money than you would sell back for anyway.
5. Pazap.com

6. You can’t beat free.
Ask your teachers to start using free textbooks. There are more and more available online every day. Here are a few websites:
Wikibooks
Textbookrevolution
Your instructors write textbooks, but believe it or not, they don’t really make any money off of them. Suggest the next one they write be free to everyone.
7. Take a trip.
Believe it or not textbook publishers often sell the same textbook to other countries at lower prices. You could fly over there, but that probably won’t save much in the long run. Look online for one from another country. You may pay more for shipping, but you’ll save overall.
8. Rent a book
Many colleges and universities are now starting book rental programs to keep the price of books down for students.

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15. April 2008 by admin.

How long will this continue? How obvious is it that the book industry is twisted! 5 billion dollars a year, and only 5 people in the world actually have degrees..

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12. April 2008 by admin.

To use an analogy, if you’re a student, we’re all like walking bookstores. You just have to find the right backpack (or inventory). That’s basically what Pazap is. It’ll lets you zone in on the right student with the book you need so buying and selling cheap textbooks can be faster and more efficient. So bookstores have those bar code scanners to buy and sell. What do we use?

Answer: Our cell phones! Dial (845) 839-8333, a NY area code (free if you’re on a free long distance plan). This number will let you shop for the best prices for used books by putting in the ISBN number. It’ll look for student’s ads on campus and if found, a text message will be sent to buy those cheap textbooks instantly. You’ll be able to sell your books through your cell phone as well too. While on the line, everything’s synced with this website. So that’s the phone side. On the website, do everything the phone can (except record voice messages about your ad), manage your profile and colleges, and other things you’ll discover while using Pazap.com.

* Shop and search for the best prices found on the internet and get them emailed to you. * If you’re super busy and don’t want to deal with shipping, trade directly with others on campus.

* Books are categorized by subject course. Subscribe to the subject courses if you need a book, and we’ll send you a text when someone on your campus tries to sell theirs.

* After you’ve posted your books, you can even print out your own neatly made flyer to promote your books around campus to ensure they sell! The site’s free to use. Your info is kept private.

Try it for cheap used books today! -> pazap.com

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