Books are not cheap. You may want to shop around if you know what books are needed for the courses you plan to take. Here is a list of websites that might help you with this task.

AddAll – Book search and price comparison.

Alibris.com – Save big on high-quality books.

Amazon is the place where you can save on new textbooks and up to 90 percent on used textbooks. You can also sell your textbooks online.

BarnesandNoble.com – If you order over $25 in textbooks from this site you will not be charged for shipping, but this does not qualify for rented or used textbooks.

BetterWorldBooks.com – Right now the site is promoting a “Bargain Bin Blowout” which allows users to purchase 5 used books for $15.

BigWords.com – This site gather information from various textbook sites and calculates each price as well as the total shipping amount.

Bookbyte.com – All textbooks are 100% guaranteed.

Bookfinder – Check out the new and used textbook price comparisons.

BookRenter.com – This is another site that offers free shipping both ways.

Bookshare – Accessible books and periodicals for readers with print disabilities – it is also free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities.

CampusBooks4Less – Find and compare prices on new and used textbooks at online booksellers, Includes promotional discounts from sellers.

CampusBookRentals.com – There are no shipping fees, and once you receive your textbook you will be provided with a prepaid UPS shipping label. You can rent your book for the Semester (130 days), Quarter (85 days), or Summer (55 days), but they also offer 15 or 30 day extensions.

Cheap Textbooks – Browse cheap textbooks.

CollegeBookRenter.com – You can rent books off this site for 60, 90, or 190 days, and you are provided with a prepaid return label upon delivery.

ecampus.com – Shipping costs approximately $3 depending on where you live and how fast you want it shipped to you, and you will also be given a free UPS return shipping label with your textbook.

Follett New & Used Textbooks – The place where you can search by course, by book, or by category including a database of over 800 campuses. Fifty percent guaranteed buy-back on selected titles.

Half.com – Unlike other textbook websites, the seller of the textbook decides how long you have to return an item to get a refund.

NelsonBrain.com – Formerly known as CencageBrain, this site lets you download the first chapter of the book you ordered for free while you’re waiting for its delivery.

Renting Textbooks by Chegg

TextbookStop.com – When you order a book off this site you will be provided with a prepaid return shipping label, and you are eligible for a full refund if you return the book 10 days after you received it.

TextSwap.com – This site is a “free textbook exchange service” so students can connect with each other and trade textbooks free of cost.

Textbooks for Cash – Book buyback service that pays premium prices for used textbooks.

Textbookx – New and used college textbooks with significant discounts. Also provides a textbook buyback book swap. Search by title, ISBN, or author.

TextbookHound – Search by title, author and ISBN in 20 online college bookstores.

TextbookLand – Compares prices of new and used textbooks.

ValoreBooks.com – This site has a “Free Textbook Giveaway” so students could be eligible to win free textbooks for a year.