Here are some ways to save money on texts. BEST WEB BUYS, which now has a special Textbooks section, allows you to search dozens of bookstores to find the lowest price. Note that this can be done with any book, not just textbooks, and keep in mind that you will pay shipping in addition to the price of the books.)

http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books/

     If you’d like to try USED BOOKS, register at

http://www.campusbookswap.com/index.asp

where you can buy and sell used texts for about 75 percent of the price of new ones.

     You can save the most money – sometimes as much as 90 percent! – if the textbook publisher has come out with an international edition. An edition from India, for example, may be a paperback with black-and-white illustrations, but it will save you a bundle. You can find information on international editions from BESTWEBBUYS.COM, listed above, or from

http://www.amazon.co.uk/

     Do shop for textbooks early, so that you’ll have time to check out these resources and wait for the books to arrive in the mail. Also make sure that you have the right book by finding the ISBN number, which will be on the class syllabus. It should also appear in a new or used book’s online listing.