{"id":91833,"date":"2016-07-20T16:19:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T16:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/20\/azraeldoesnotdispute-spodiddly\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:19:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T16:19:14","slug":"azraeldoesnotdispute-spodiddly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/20\/azraeldoesnotdispute-spodiddly\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

azraeldoesnotdispute<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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spodiddly<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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sarahtaylorgibson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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To all my freshman babies who are panicking right now about how much your college textbooks cost: Yeah, you\u2019re right, that\u2019s some highway robbery. No, you don\u2019t have to lie down and take it. You have options.\u00a0Follow my advice and fly on your own debt free wings.<\/p>\n

1. Forgoe the bookstore entirely. Sometimes you can get a good deal on something, usually a rental, but it\u2019s usually going to be considerably more expensive to go through official channels. Outsmart them, babies.<\/p>\n

2. Does your syllabus call for edition eight? Get edition seven. Old editions are considered worthless in the buyback trades, so they sell for dirt cheap, no matter how new they are. It\u2019s a gamble, sure; there might be something in edition eight you desperately need, but that never happened to me. However, I\u2019ve only ever pulled this stunt for literature\/mass comm\/religious studies books, so I don\u2019t know it would work in the sciences.<\/p>\n

3. Thriftbooks.com, especially for nonfiction and fiction. Books are usually four or five dollars unless they\u2019re really new, and shipping is 99 cents unless you buy over 10$ in books, in which case shipping is free.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

4. Bigwords.com. It will scan every textbook seller on the internet for the lowest price available, and will do the same to find the highest price when you try to sell your books back at the end of term. Timesaver, lifesaver.<\/p>\n

5. In all probability, your library offers a service called interlibrary loan which is included in your tuition. This means if your library doesn\u2019t carry a book you can order it for free from any library nationwide in your library\u2019s network and it will be shipped to you in a number of days. Ask a librarian to show you how to search for materials at your library as well as though interlibrary loan; you\u2019ll need to master this skill soon anyway.\u00a0 If you get lucky you can just have your required reading shipped to you a week before you need to start reading, then renew vigorously until you no longer need to item. I\u2019m saving over 100$ on a History of Islam class this way.<\/p>\n

You professors might side-eye you for bringing an old edition or a library copy, but you just smile right back honey, because you can pay your rent and <\/i>go clubbing this month. You came here to win. So go forth and slay.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Can I add to this?
6. Find PDFs of your book to store on your computer. I managed to find an up-to-date edition of my textbook for sociology by doing this, and other books for other classes. It may be risky to have to look high and low for them, but it\u2019s a godsend trust me<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Other things to help college-bound kidlets:<\/p>\n

Get Windows Office free.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re having a panic attack.<\/a><\/p>\n

When you\u2019re writing a term paper.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cheap school\/college things. <\/a>(Not all links are active, but still.)<\/p>\n

College tips.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cheap<\/a>\u00a0or free<\/a> college<\/a> books<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hobbies.<\/a>\u00a0(Because sometimes you need to turn off your brain.)<\/p>\n

Libre Office. <\/a>(Because Windows sucks.)<\/p>\n

Practice<\/a> in case you\u2019re attacked.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have to deal with cops.<\/a>\u00a0(Especially important for POC because racism is still alive, sadly.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

azraeldoesnotdispute: spodiddly: sarahtaylorgibson: To all my freshman babies who are panicking right now about how much your college textbooks cost: Yeah, you\u2019re right, that\u2019s some highway robbery. No, you don\u2019t have to lie down and take it. You have options.\u00a0Follow my advice and fly on your own debt free wings. 1. Forgoe the bookstore entirely. … <\/p>\n

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