When searching for college textbook services, we found Bookbyte and were pretty impressed by their website layout, prices and selection.

Although the site interface is littered with text and links, there is an easily-accessible search box, where you can enter ISBN, title, author or keyword. Site visitors have two options when purchasing books: either buy directly from Bookbyte or browse through the comprehensive Bazaar Marketplace to buy used books from booksellers themselves.

• Connect-Students have full access to campus teams, contests, special offers and community outreach information.
• Great selection-Star Reviews typed in ten titles and Bookbyte had nine of them. Pretty impressive!
• 14-day money-back guarantee.

Overall, we felt this college textbook site offered what every college student and readers alike would possibly need. In comparing Bookbyte to other online textbook sites, we found that they consistently offered lower prices, beating other services by up to 50% at times. There is great customer support through telephone, email and a thorough FAQs database, all helpful and efficient. We would like to assign Bookbyte 5.5 Stars!

When we evaluated the TextBookx website, we were happy to find a bright and visually-appealing user interface. There were easy-to-read search boxes such as 'Search for items' and 'Sell your items,' making the college textbook experience effortless.

Star Reviews likes saving you money, and one cool feature we noted about TextBookx is the option to participate in the Buck-A-Book Program. Basically, you earn $1 for every book sale generated, just by referring friends! We also liked these features:

• TextBookx Marketplace-Buy and sell used textbooks here.
• Facebook Users-Buy and sell books directly through your profile!

We really appreciated that there aren't any listing fees charged for members to sell back their college textbooks through the TextBookx Marketplace. Many students are on a budget, and this site recognizes the fact. That being said, we weren't impressed with some of the textbook prices themselves, as their prices came in higher on seven books when contrasted with competitors on comparable book titles.

Customer support by email and telephone were both efficient, but the live chat would not load for our team on several test runs. The indexed Help database was fairly extensive, answering many of our questions. Overall, we decided this site earned itself 5.0 Stars!

Buy.com offers many products; the site is not solely a place to buy textbooks online. The website can be difficult to navigate for some online shoppers and there is not a customer service phone number provided for those who need questions answered immediately.

• Regularly updated weekly bag deals.
• Newly released book titles.

Buy.com has higher prices than other online textbook stores because their books are sold new and unused. This website will not appeal to everyone looking to buy textbooks online, as many college students like to sell their old textbooks to the store where they will buy their new textbooks for a seamless transition from one class to the next. The Buy.com return policy is a bit strict also when compared to other textbook stores. They earn 4.0 Stars!