I have always thought that college textbooks were/are a major source of income for the colleges that sell them through their campus bookstores, and that they are overpriced.  I have always felt like I was being held hostage by them when I was in college.  Now that the Internet has come into existence, however, it is a whole new ball game!

I was helping my son last night to order his college textbooks for this upcoming semester.  We got the list of books that he needs from the University, and found out what they would cost from their bookstore.

Then we went to the website gettextbooks.com and typed in the ISBM numbers of the books that he needed.  That site is a search engine that searches for where you can buy the books.  The results come up in a form that shows you where you can buy it and how much it will cost, sorted by price.  We found all of his textbooks and ordered them, saving $300!

Good deal!