posted on August 13, 2001 05:50:18 PM
My wife is going for her masters this fall and I'd really like to save a few bucks on one of the books she needs.
Mathematics, a Good Beginning : Strategies for Teaching Children by Andria Troutman, Betty K. Lichtenberg (it has to be the 5th edition)
The best I've found so far is $90.00 for the paperback, and the $200.00 for the hardcover. Any tips on where to look? My usual links are dead ends on this quest. Help!
posted on August 13, 2001 05:56:08 PM
Go to a site called bibliofind.com and type in the title and/or author and see what comes up. I've found this site to be very helpful in locating books I thought I'd never find.
posted on August 14, 2001 04:09:19 AM
Thanks Joycel, Bunnicula, Toke,
I have used bibliofind and bookfinder before. For some strange reason when I used the second author's name on bookfinder it gave me only a $200.00 match. I had never used addall.com before.
Both bookfinder and addall give me one match on a softback 5th edition for $20.00 from the same seller, that's more gooder than $86. I just hope this fellow still has it when I call. Most of the matches were for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions. Some of these text books can be expensive to the point of obscene.
posted on August 15, 2001 03:12:51 AM
Most textbooks are expensive, especially once you reach graduate school. I'd hate to actually figure out the total amount of money I spent on textbooks as I worked towards the completion of my Ph.D...
It even gets worse the more you specialize, most of the monographs I wish to purchase these day are typically in the range of $200.00 to $300.00...
I'm glad to hear you were able to locate the text you needed for a good price...
posted on August 15, 2001 05:34:08 PM
Well, apparently I got a happy ending on my book quest. The one dealer that did have a used 5th edition copy still had it. I emailed her payment, she emailed me a refund due to corrected shipping fee and the book was shipped today. Saved over $60.00.
