Every college student hates it when it comes to buying new textbooks for the next semester. Hundreds of dollars are stacked on the young college students as a financial burden. Publishing companies wants more and more profit each year. They don't care about millions of students who have to buy this kind of books compulsorily. They only want to count their own millions. The average price of a book is around fifty dollars, and many, particularly in the sciences, will run you well over a hundred. A General Accounting Office report released this summer found that, since 1986, prices have risen at a pace of six per cent a year—double the rate of inflation.
Ultimately the students had to make a wise decision for themselves, used textbooks. The world-wide-web has opened new doors for communication and is taking humanity to higher places then it could have achieved in next 100 years. More and more college students are depending on world-wide-web for finding used textbooks or textbooks at cheaper rates on online bookstores. Online bookstores were proven to offer cheaper books than regular bookstores. Online bookstores do not have the overhead cost which only adds up to the price of the book. But still instead of buying a new one, why not consider a used textbook? You can ask other students who are done with the subject if they have the book you are looking for. There are also web sites on the Internet that sell cheap second hand college textbooks.
Here is the data for American used book sales in 2004:
- Overall sales were over $2.2 billion (over $600 million of that online)
- Overall sales grew 11% from 2003 to 2004 (4.6% offline, 33% online)
- 111 million used books were sold, making up 8% of all books sold (expected to grow to 9% by the end of the decade)
Academic books (textbooks):
- Used textbook sales were $1.6 billion, sold mostly offline (an 8.5% increase over 2003)
- Used textbooks cost an average of $42.31
- Used textbook sales account for 30% of the value of all textbook sales
Sales of general (non-textbook) titles:
- General used book sales were $600 million (a 25% increase over 2003)
- General used books cost an average of $8.12
- General used book sales account for 3% of the value of all general book sales
The online used textbooks market is also booming right now. You can buy a used textbook for 75% of the cost of new textbook. On an average you can get books below $50 level. This is the best way to save some money and get going further with your education without spending too many dollars on your textbooks. If you need to fins a used textbook then you can get it from here: http://www.Icollegeweb.com/
Written by Keral. Patel. The Admin of http://www.Jupt.com
Source: www.articledashboard.com
