Having been a book dealer, off and on, for the past twenty years or so, I have spent a lot of time in bookstores. Also a lot time in Thrift Stores. Garage Sales, estate sales, and looking in boxes on the curb on trash day. There are slightly different expectations from each of these channels of finding books, but there is one constant when you are looking for items to sale-the books have to be perfect, or as close as possible to perfect. I am always shocked when I go into an old style book maze type bookshop, where books…
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Save Money on Textbooks
I’ve always been shocked by how much College textbooks and university textbooks cost. The Wife is a big fan of College and has, from time to time, needed college textbooks. They are expensive. Prices have risen dramatically – up 186% from 1986 to 2006. On every beginning of semester, students are busy to buy cheaper used textbooks and sell their used textbooks from last semester. This is extremely waste time and not much easy to get the so called good quality USED textbooks. Some students may believe that buy BRAND NEW textbooks from college bookstores or university bookstores, and then…