Nursing textbooks can be expensive. If you are an average student, then paying $100+ per book can be difficult. Take a look at the following suggestions for buying your nursing textbooks for less.
Don’t Purchase Your Books Too Early
It usually isn’t a good idea to purchase your nursing textbooks too early on. To avoid mistakes and last minute changes, wait until you get the class syllabus or have talked directly with the class instructor before getting your nursing textbooks. Most of the time you can exchange your books with the bookstore, but its just simpler to purchase the right book the first time.
Purchase Your Books Off The Internet
There are many vendors that sell nursing textbooks online, both new and used. There are even websites that rent nursing textbooks to you for as long as you need them. Examples of these sites include Barnes & Noble and Chegg. When locating a book online, one of the easiest ways to search for it is by the ISBN number. This will help to ensure that you purchase the proper edition.
Read any disclosures if you are buying used textbooks to see if it is missing software, or if it was marked up by the owner before you, to see if it will be acceptable to you.
Post A Wanted List
By posting a list of textbooks you need either at your school or on online classified ads, you can save a lot on your books. Free classified ads are every where on the internet, just do a search for them.
You could always place a small want ad in the local newspaper or in convenience stores that students frequent. You just never know who will have a book you need.
Consider a Trade of Either Goods or Services
Trading goods or services is a more unique way to “buy” your nursing textbooks. If your electric ice cream maker (or other small appliance) is collecting dust, why not ask about trading it for the books that you need, as long as they are of relatively equal value.
There is nothing wrong with organizing someone’s closets, doing their taxes or any number of other things in exchange for good used nursing textbooks.
If you want to find out more information about nursing textbooks, then visit Steven Swihart’s site for information on the nursing career from nursing school all the way to advanced practice.
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August 31, 2010 by Steven Swihart