1/2 Price Books

After 3 semesters of spending more than $1500 on textbooks, I began searching for a way to get brand new books for a cheaper price. I don't buy used books because I get very distracted having to grapple with someone else's writings or highlighting. Amazon & half.com have great prices on used books but a brand new book costs the same wherever you buy it from. Or so I thought.

So after registering for classes for Winter '08, I noticed that the booklist was already posted for all my classes. Off I went to amazon to see how much the books would cost me so I could be mentally prepared come January. Ended up finding all my books (brand new) for half the price!!! I have 6 classes next semester & ended up spending a whoppin' $200 for all of them. How super is that? I guess the key was buying books early instead of waiting for the after-new-year-rush when everyone is looking to buy books online.