| For those of us who go to college full-time, managing | | | | you. Some of these sellers do not even speak English! |
| expenses is very important. With the amount of loans | | | | Because of this, the customer service is horrible. Many |
| adding up every year, the increases in tuition, room and | | | | times, books are not received, or received damaged. |
| board, and everything else, there is never money left | | | | The seller does not respond to your emails, and the |
| over. What's worse than paying $30,000 a year for | | | | shipping can take up to a month. What is the |
| tuition is then finding out you need to spend another | | | | alternative? Shell out a few more dollars to use a non |
| $2000 a year on textbooks at the college bookstore! | | | | marketplace site based in the United States. |
| For those of us who are inclined to find better deals, let | | | | Want to take you savings even further? Organize a |
| me introduce you to International Editions. You have | | | | group-buy for your class. Say your accounting class |
| probably seen them in class, or know someone who | | | | requires a $200 textbook. You can get the international |
| has used one before. These books are the same | | | | edition for $100. If there are 20 people in your class, |
| book at your bookstore, but half the price! Why so | | | | and you sell every one of them a book at $120, you've |
| cheap? Because they are softcover, and sometimes | | | | made $300 after buying your own book! If you were |
| not printed in color. If you are willing to look past these | | | | able to do this with all our classes, imagine how much |
| differences, international editions are the perfect | | | | you could make! |
| solution for you. | | | | Another secret of international editions; if buying in bulk |
| But beware! Many marketplace websites let sellers | | | | like the above example, the price will drop significantly, |
| from other countries register to sell these books to | | | | as shipping is the largest expense of these books! |