How to Save Big on Textbook Purchases

6 steps to saving big on textbook purchases: 1) See if the Library has what you need in Textbook Reserves. 2) During the 1st week of the semester, go to the Library and request that we purchase a particular textbook for our Textbook Reserves. 3) Rent your textbooks from the Grossmont College Bookstore. Or check out Chegg.com 4) Check free sources, like OpenStaxCollege.org, 5) Comparison shop at CampusBooks.com, DealOz.com, and Bigwords.com. 6) Consider e-texts--Inkling, a free iPad app, offers e-book versions of popular textbooks for as little as 99 cents a chapter.