Fuck textbook publishers.
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powderdrunkie
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Your parents probably hate it more
first_rodeo
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McGraw--Hill is some bullshit
In the past, all my accounting and finance books were >$300
This semester my Law book was $300 and Finance $340
PLUS++++++
They make you buy software to do the homework
+$75
Plus i have to buy a new computer for Computer Sciences
..............because 2010 is so primitive ^%$^%$#
In the past, all my accounting and finance books were >$300
This semester my Law book was $300 and Finance $340
PLUS++++++
They make you buy software to do the homework
+$75
Plus i have to buy a new computer for Computer Sciences
..............because 2010 is so primitive ^%$^%$#
no used options?
none are on google books? I used to search google books, find the sections and then use a proxy to view so that I wouldn't get the "only a section of this book is available" thing.
I also would never buy a book until it was actually required i needed to read. Some professors would go over stuff so thoroughly or so rarely even look at the book that I could get away just looking things up when I needed to.
Another option... unis require at least 1 copy of every text book to be in the library. I would get the book listing as soon as possible and check out the book and keep checking it out when I knew the professor really used the book.
none are on google books? I used to search google books, find the sections and then use a proxy to view so that I wouldn't get the "only a section of this book is available" thing.
I also would never buy a book until it was actually required i needed to read. Some professors would go over stuff so thoroughly or so rarely even look at the book that I could get away just looking things up when I needed to.
Another option... unis require at least 1 copy of every text book to be in the library. I would get the book listing as soon as possible and check out the book and keep checking it out when I knew the professor really used the book.
first_rodeo
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Sweden??
TechnoPotamus
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Got screwed a few times this year with that.
> forced to buy new textbook because the new edition was required for class, no used editions available since it was a brand new edition
> semester end comes, I go to sell it back to the bookstore...they won't accept it because a new edition is out for next year, making my copy obsolete over the course of 4 months.
> I burn down the entire campus, become iron man, and play Yahtzee with Optimus Prime because fuck you that's why
> forced to buy new textbook because the new edition was required for class, no used editions available since it was a brand new edition
> semester end comes, I go to sell it back to the bookstore...they won't accept it because a new edition is out for next year, making my copy obsolete over the course of 4 months.
> I burn down the entire campus, become iron man, and play Yahtzee with Optimus Prime because fuck you that's why
Barefootin_Fiend
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what's even worse is when you buy a $300+ textbook and end up using it for like a week out of the entire semester. that shit used to piss me the fuck off.
Laurent.
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The Netherlands.
Also I have health care which covers pretty much everything and i got it for free since I don't earn as much as a student. We also have too many quality museums and art galleries, only downside is the pricing of student housing which is downright criminal.
Also I have health care which covers pretty much everything and i got it for free since I don't earn as much as a student. We also have too many quality museums and art galleries, only downside is the pricing of student housing which is downright criminal.
chicken
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the physics department at my school is pretty good at letting us know if the books are optional or mandatory. optional means that the book is a good reference and follows the course syllabus. mandatory means that assignments will come straight from the book.
I use my textbooks a lot. I just hate spending this much!
I use my textbooks a lot. I just hate spending this much!
TechnoPotamus
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far too many of my accounting classes went this way. i'm with you bro
.AR6rider.
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I never bought a textbook until the first week or so of class was over and could determine how often it would be used. More often than not, it wasn't used at all. I guess it's different at every school, but I got by with powerpoints, course packs, and my own personal notes for 90% of the material I was taught in college.
japanada
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half.comebay.com
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Over my 5 years in school, I bought I think 3 books from our campus bookstore. When others were dropping almost a grand on books, Id be right around the 200-300 mark. Then comes the book buyback and I almost always made the purchase price back and then some.
google.com
Over my 5 years in school, I bought I think 3 books from our campus bookstore. When others were dropping almost a grand on books, Id be right around the 200-300 mark. Then comes the book buyback and I almost always made the purchase price back and then some.
Toaster-Tony
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Mine weren't bad this semester. I think I ended up keeping 8ish books below 150 but I still have one left to go.
LiquorLanch
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amazon prime is also really helpful when it comes to texts. I use it via my kindle and can get the e book for often half off or more.
Barefootin_Fiend
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it's funny you say that because i major'd in accounting and that's exactly what I was thinking of, too.
Darth.Maul
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I hate the university "published" textbooks that make you buy them from the bookstore. They update them yearly and the campus bookstore charges up the ass for them.
daannnnieel
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No idea why they don't just do a library system. By the sounds of it it would be way better.
howlongcanausern
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i rented for a year. much cheaper than buying.
caucasian_chad
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Buy international editions from China. They're usually $20-50 a book, same content, but paperback. I got my traffic engineering book for $20 and my pavement design book for $30 this semester.
caucasian_chad
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I guarantee you someone will notice if your toner levels drop by half overnight.
TechnoPotamus
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i have a good memory, i remember you saying it in another thread some time ago
first_rodeo
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DOUBT IT
dont be a downer
dont be a downer
icon1234
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I personally never really got upset paying for textbooks... I learned about 90% of what I learned in college from books. I rarely ever pay attention in class because 99% of the time it is simply a professor reading a textbook out loud in a condensed manner. And I could always understand and learn better from the book.
So yea I always took it with a grain a salt with all the money I was spending on those books because they were directly linked to how I was learning... You know what I think the real rip off is? Fucking tuition. Luckily I never had to pay it but I always felt bad for my friends it costs way too much... Like what am I paying for? It it definitely isn't the professors... Only class where I ever felt I got something out of lecture/teaching was organic chemistry, every other class I could teach myself.
So yea I always took it with a grain a salt with all the money I was spending on those books because they were directly linked to how I was learning... You know what I think the real rip off is? Fucking tuition. Luckily I never had to pay it but I always felt bad for my friends it costs way too much... Like what am I paying for? It it definitely isn't the professors... Only class where I ever felt I got something out of lecture/teaching was organic chemistry, every other class I could teach myself.
