Every student out there has to purchase a text book sooner, or later, and if you’re ready to purchase a textbook online, I wanted to point out a few great sites that you can use to find the best prices for your text book.

• Amazon.com: It’s not a price comparison search engine, I know, but you can save a lot of money buying used books from other students online.  Do a search for the book you’re looking for, and see if you can find a good deal on a used book.
• BigWords.com: This is by far one of my favorite comparison engines.  Either type in the ISBN number, or the title if you know it.  If you have an iPhone, you can download their application as well to do some comparison shopping!
• Google: Sounds silly, and you probably use this giant search engine all the time, but find an ISBN, and type it in Google.  In the results, Google will come back with it’s shopping results.  You browse by merchants to see who offers the best price.
• Half.com: The last resort I would take is Half.com.  I like Amazon better, but you will find that Half has some great deals as well.  While you won’t find the best deals on newer textbooks, you can find a killer deal on a used text book.  The think I like about Half is that it sorts it by condition.  If you don’t mind markings in your book, you can get a fantastic deal!

By using these 4 techniques, you should be able to find the best deal on your textbook.  The only word of advice that I can give you is that you should always purchase online, rather than in the college itself.  You will find that the college generally has some high prices, and we, of course don’t want to pay prices like that!