Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Saving on College Textbooks

Here is a shameless way of getting on the search engines for the textbooks I just listed on eBay. I went to the bookstore today to sell back my books, but they had canceled the buyback session. What a waste of time and gas! So, I'm going to see if I can sell them on eBay. Here are the details:

Normandale Community College World Civilization 3 1103 History Textbook and novels, used in David Rayson's course.
I just finished this course and checked that these are still the same books used for the course for Spring semester. If you buy them used from the bookstore, you'll pay $102.50. Get them here for a fraction of the cost and avoid lines at the bookstore, all with free shipping via USPS, arriving within a week of your cleared payment (credit card purchases will ship the next business day).

Included in this bundle are:

Global Society: The World since 1900, Second Edition, Copyright 2008, by Pamela Kyle Crossley, Lynn Hollen Lees, John W. Servos ISBN-13 9780618775958, ISBN-10 0618775951
This book's cover has some creasing, a tiny rip (about .25cm) and some pages are bent at the corner a little. There is highlighting throughout, but no writing. All pages are intact and and the binding is strong.

All Quiet on the Western Front, Copyright 1956, by Erich Maria Remarque ISBN 9780449911495
This book has a minor crease on the corner of the cover. There is some minor highlighting inside, but no writing.

Red Azalea, Copyright 1994/2006, by Anchee Min ISBN 1400096987
This book is in great condition. No highlighting or writing.

A Thousand Splendid Suns, Copyright 2007, by Khaled Hosseini  ISBN 9781594483851
This book is in great condition. No highlighting or writing.

You can find the eBay listing here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160524457822&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123#ht_500wt_1156

***UPDATE***
I'm sad to say these didn't sell, and I didn't make it out to Normandale for their used book return day (well, technically I did, but they canceled the day I went there, and I couldn't make it to the other one). So, if you happen to want any of these books, I'll take whatever offer I can get.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Saving on Textbooks

I thought I'd try to save a little by selling my textbooks from last semester on Ebay. So far, it hasn't worked out. I was hoping that someone from my college taking the same course in the Spring semester might like the books for less than what the bookstore is selling used books for. I'm still crossing my fingers, but I haven't gotten a bite yet. The books are for Normandale Community College's World Civilizations 3 course. The books are Global Society: The World Since 1900, All Quiet on the Western Front, Red Azalea and A Thousand Splendid Suns. The auction runs another week or so. Here is the link, in case anyone is taking the course this Spring. http://cgi.ebay.com/Global-Society-World-Since-1900-bundle-/160520226176?pt=US_Texbook_Education&hash=item255fc04580#ht_500wt_1156

I checked to make sure David Rayson is still using the same books.