how to get books portal 11-01-2014d1702

2015-04-11

rent books
 rent books online
 how to get textbooks
 how to get books
 world library
 
 
 After some searching (11-01-2014d1700), I think the cheapest way to get textbooks is to use one of the websites that searches across many other bookselling websites such as http://www.bookfinder4u.com/ or http://www.bigwords.com/.  I think in a lot of cases it is actually cheaper to just buy the cheapest book than to try to use one of the textbook rental websites.  Later I could just give the book away.  There are even organizations that accept donated books like better world books (http://www.ala.org/united/about/donatebooks).  However, of the textbook rental websites, the best ones are probably 
 -http://www.campusbookrentals.com
 -http://www.bookrenter.com
 -http://www.chegg.com/
 -http://www.campusbooks.com/
 
 
 Oyster books
 -"Netflix for books"
 -https://www.oysterbooks.com
 -they didn't have any of the books I tested that I was most interested in reading
 
 
 a couple of books I might be interested in (for a test search); 11-01-2014d1536
 -Bioinformatics Genes Proteins and Computers
 --ISBN-10: 1859960545 
 -The productive programmer
 -Evolution and the Theory of Games
 -The Manga Guide to the Universe
 
 I'd like to check if any of the possible "world libraries" provide access to a couple of books I might be interested in.
 
 -http://www.wdl.org
 --has nothing I searched
 -http://worldlibrary.org/
 --couldn't even find a search bar; even if I signed up it looks like they just have ebooks
 -http://www.newworldlibrary.com
 --has nothing I searched
 
 
 s: rent books online; 11-01-2014d1541
 -http://textbook-rentals-online-review.toptenreviews.com/
 --http://www.campusbookrentals.com
 ---has all of the books I searched for
 ---can't ship outside the US (maybe just for rentals?)
 --info@campusbookrentals.com
 --
 {
 
 Can I use your service outside of the US?  I am from the US, but I am currently living in Spain for a few years.

Thanks for any help and information you have to offer me!

Best,
Kurt
}
--http://www.bookrenter.com
---has everything I searched for. . but was actually out of stock for most of them
---cannot ship outside the US (maybe just for rentals?)
---support@bookrenter.com
--http://www.skyo.com
---This has none of the books I searched for
--http://www.chegg.com/
---has the books I searched for, but many of them were out of stock
---can't ship their physical textooks outside of the US (maybe just for rentals?)
---danlr@chegg.com <danlr@chegg.com>;
--http://www.ecampus.com
---has many of the books I was searching for, but they don't seem to have many rental options
--http://www.knetbooks.com/
---has none of the books I was searching for
--http://www.textbooks.com
---had some of the things I searched for, but was sold out.
--http://www.valorebooks.com/
---had everything I searched for. . didn't really have rental options
--http://www.neebo.com
---had nothing I searched for
--open library
---I don't really understand how to access their locked files
--worldcat
--http://www.campusbooks.com/
---has everything I searched for
--https://www.bookbyte.com
---has everything I searched for, but did not have these items for rent
-http://www.amazon.com/Rent-Textbooks/
--http://www.worldcat.org
---shows you which physical libraries have the book you are looking for
--many of the books are not available for rent

s: check the price of a book across many websites
-http://www.bookfinder4u.com/
--wow this website seems really great!  It can find really cheap prices on textbooks and has everything I searched for.
-http://www.bigwords.com/
--This is also a nice website for comparing the price across many websites
-http://www.directtextbook.com/

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how to give away books

s: website where you can give away your textbooks; 11-01-2014d2050
-better world books (http://www.ala.org/united/about/donatebooks)
--they will resell it on online websites
--ship to
{
BETTER WORLD BOOKS
Attn: ALTAFF
55740 Currant Road
Mishawaka, IN 46545
}
-many libraries accept used books
-international donation programs: http://libweb1.lib.buffalo.edu/guide/guide.asp?id=488
-websites that allow you to list things you are giving away: Freecycle, Recycle Central, FreeSharing, or Sharing is Giving

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