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Anyone who has ever set foot in a college bookstore knows that a good education doesn't come cheap. In fact, some estimates show that college students spend almost $1,000 annually on textbooks alone. Fortunately, there are ways to circumvent the budget hardships of pricy college texts. Thanks to online textbook superstores, students can cut their textbook costs by up to fifty percent.

Finding the best textbooks online doesn't have to be time consuming or confusing. Star Reviews decided to compare cheap textbooks and create comprehensive textbook reviews to help determine where to find the best deals and which online textbook stores have the most to offer. TextBooks was one of the websites we researched. The findings of our experience are detailed in the review below.

What's New?

FREE ground shipping on orders of $25 or more.
Customer loyalty program with premium buyback prices.
30-day return policy.

Star Reviews' Favorite Feature:

We here at StarReviews love a great selection at great rates--and this is what TextBooks offers its book-buyers. They have a collection of over 7,000,000 titles and counting.

About TextBooks:

TextBooks offers college students the ability to buy new and used textbooks at a discount and then sell them when the student no longer needs them. The company rewards their customers with cash-back bonuses, premium buyback rates and free ground shipping for orders over $25.

Selection:

While researching the various textbook websites and creating our textbook reviews, we searched each site for the same selection of ten random textbooks. Of the ten books searched for, TextBooks had four in stock. The other six were currently sold out.

Price Comparison Results:

When performing our textbook reviews, we priced the same ten textbooks at each of the online textbook stores we visited. When comparing the prices of TextBooks to the rest of the online textbook stores, TextBooks usually came in a little lower (usually $3 to $5) than the competitors. However, there was one book in particular that a competitor was offering for less than half the cost of the TextBooks price.

ISBN	Bookbyte	CampusBooks	eCampus	Textbooks	Textbookx
0195103076	$74.50	$61.88	$70.03	$67.80	$88.47
0201700735	$47.65	$36.60	$55.49	$68.25	$56.24
0072980737	$104.60	$40.29	$112.91	$108.00	$108.33

Selling Your Books:

College students have the opportunity to sell their textbooks directly to TextBooks. We checked the buyback prices of the same ten random books used to research the competitor sites. Out of the ten books we researched, TextBooks offered buyback prices for seven of them with the amount offered falling in the mid range of what the competition was offering.

ISBN	Bookbyte	eCampus	Textbooks
0195103076	$9.60	$7.00	$6.70
0201700735	$13.20	$7.20	$12.00
0072980737	$20.00	$20.80	$19.35

Return Policy:

TextBooks offers a 30-day return policy. If a student no longer needs a textbook they ordered, they have 30 days to return the textbook in its original condition for a full refund.

Customer Support:

TextBooks offers support via email, phone and an extensive help database. When we dialed the TextBooks support number, our call was answered in a timely manner and the rep we spoke with was very knowledgeable and helpful. Our email inquiry to the support team was also answered promptly (within hours, actually) and to our satisfaction.

Upside:

Good prices, generous buyback offers, ability to sell used textbooks independently in online marketplace.

Downside:

Large number of items were out of stock.

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ATTN: BROKE COLLEGE STUDENTS

by ianmace who has written 4 reviews and is trusted by 1 members

This site is amazing!!! The all the books I needed for this semester would have cost me over six-hundred dollars from my campus bookstore. Never mind the three hour line I would have had to wait in!!! For all the books I needed Textbooks.com only cost me Three-hundred dollars. From my previous experiences ordering textbooks online I expected to have to wait two or three weeks to get my books; but to my surprise and delight, I received all my books in less than five business days!!! I recommend this site to all my friends and will definitely be using it again next semester.

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Great Place for School Books

by nmuckian who has written 1 reviews and is trusted by 0 members

I needed a good cheap place to purchase books for college this semester without leaving me with no money to spare. I researched several different book stores on the internet and still could not find what I was looking for in the price range that I needed. Finally I found Textbooks.com, and they have everything I need. I was able to purchase an e-book that saved me almost half of the original purchase price. Another thing that is really great about this site is that you can sell your used books back to them once you are done using them. Overall, I have had a wonderful experience with this transaction, and I will be using them in the future.

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