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- Buy used textbooks – buying secondhand textbooks online offers large savings. Ask your tutor or professor if you can use an older edition to save even more. You can find older editions for less than $10.
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- Buy early – Plan ahead and avoid buying just before classes start as prices rise when supply decreases. The best prices on college textbooks can be found early before university begins.
- Check by ISBN – Textbooks are updated every couple of years so search by ISBN to ensure that you receive the exact edition you need. Keep in mind though that older editions are often cheaper. What's an ISBN?
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