Buy or Rent Textbooks at ISU
If you check Milner Library and try options for getting your textbooks outside of Milner Library, and you still can't find your book, another option is buying or renting your books.
- Redbird Spirit ShopsThe official Redbird Spirit Shops in the Bone Student Center and near Stevenson Hall have textbooks.
Other Websites for Buying or Renting Textbooks
Buy or Rent Textbooks Outside ISU
There are also some reputable websites for buying or renting textbooks at reasonable prices outside of ISU.
- AbeBooks (buy, sell back)Some textbooks have free shipping, and you can search specifically for them here.
- Alibris Textbooks (buy/rent/sell back)Can search for all the ISBNs for your books at the same time. Offers promotion codes for discounts on textbooks. Rental textbooks have a 21 day Worry-Free Guarantee.
- Amazon Textbook Rentals (rent, sell back)A new service from Amazon to compete with online text book renters. Texbooks may be purchased after 30 days.
- BetterWorldBooks (buy, sell back)Textbook purchase with free worldwide shipping on all textbooks.
- BIGWORDSCompares new, used, rental and ebook prices across many textbook sellers and provides a search for coupons and promo codes to save on textbooks.
- Campus Book Rentals (buy or rent)Text book rentals with free shipping.
- Chegg (buy or rent, sell back)Free courtesy etextbooks for 7 days while waiting for print textbooks to arrive.
- eCampus (rent, buy, sell back)Free shipping on orders over $59. Also offers coupons.
- RedShelf (rent, buy)ETextbooks only. Offers over 1 million eBook titles for rent or purchase. eBook reader enables note taking, highlighting, definitions of words, and flash card creation.
- TextBooks.com (buy, sell back, ebooks)Free shipping on orders of $25 and up, 50% cash back at the end of the semester on Guaranteed Cash Back books.
- TextbookRush (buy/rent/sell back)Also rent/buy eTextbooks. Free shipping on orders over $35. Prepaid shipping labels when selling them a book. Thirty day satisfaction guarantee
- VitalSource (rent, buy)ETextbooks only. Over 1 million titles available. eBook reader enables note taking, highlighting, flash cards, unfamiliar word lookup, and read aloud.
Guide Author
Christine Fary
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Contact:
Phone: 309-438-5010
Office: Milner Room 426A
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Office: Milner Room 426A
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