Free College Textbooks

College textbooks can be very expensive. College students usually take about 15 credits per semester which often means 5 classes and 5 new textbooks. If you are lucky, your professor will require only 1 textbook, and it will be at the lower end of the price range, or around $60. Some classes require textbooks that cost $150 and up. For example, one of the most popular, standard Biology college textbooks costs $150 new. If you can find a used copy, you still will probably be out over $115.

With this in mind, several companies have started college textbook trading sites. The basic concept is that each member agrees to ship his or her used textbooks to whoever requests them, and they in turn request textbooks that they need. No money is exchanged; people just pay shipping costs for the textbooks- which means media mail rates usually. We recommend you check out this option!