I wasn’t very good in saving much money buying textbooks this semester, but I did avoid purchasing 2 required textbooks and saved some money for one of my classes. Here is how I did it.
Both texts are required for a single class. Textbook #1 is from a publishing company. However after reading reviews on ratemyprofessor.com, I learned that the text was not actually needed, because the class notes that the professor provided were more than sufficient to get through the course. My second required text is a “bulk pack” that cost about $40+. Its a bound compilation of articles. However, the syllabus lists the article names and the source from where the articles were obtained. Since my university subscribes to nearly all the magazines/newspapers from which the articles were taken, I thought that I’d rather spend my time (and money) hunting down the articles individually, instead of forking over the money.
Total savings: ~$150.
