If the e-Book route just isn’t an option for you, another tactic you can use to find cheap books is to locate a copy of the previous edition. Before attempting this, you should talk with your professor. Let them know you have access to the previous version and are hoping to be able to use it instead. If your professor lobbies against its use, make sure they have good reasoning. There needs to have been a major revision in the information that would cause you to actually do your work incorrectly and misunderstand the information you're being tested on. If you suspect they’re just helping the publisher sell new books, you might want to do a side-by-side comparison yourself.
If you do get the nod from the professor to use the old edition, your local bookstore isn’t likely to have it on the shelf. You could ask a clerk if they have any old editions in their backroom or in a sale bin. If they do have and old edition copy available for you, they may attempt to collect the regular retail price. Be prepared to haggle because you really don’t want to pay more than $15.00 for an old edition textbook. If they don’t have it in stock or want more than $15.00 for it, it’s time to search the Internet for cheap books:
If you don’t have the ISBN number for the old edition, then search
by the first author’s last name and the title of the book. You should find a listing of all the editions available for sale, then select the edition previous to the most current. Once again you should be able to find it for less than $15.00. Keep in mind you’ll have a tough time finding a buyer for an old edition once you’re through with it. Even if you do get stuck with an old edition text, you’ve still netted a huge savings by only investing $15.00 or less.
Another good source to search for old edition texts is from Better World Books. Better World collects unwanted old editions from college students to sell and ship overseas for world literacy. Search their inventory here:
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