Textbooks in the Press
AbeBooks is a major online marketplace for new and secondhand textbooks listing books from thousands of booksellers. By creating a secure and easy-to-search database and maintaining high standards, AbeBooks has established a dynamic online marketplace for books, and a community that booklovers return to, again and again. As a student it is daunting to pay for tuition and textbooks, but AbeBooks helps students save on textbooks and spend on life. Students can save up to 50% off the list price by buying secondhand textbooks.
Here is what the media says about buying secondhand textbooks at AbeBooks:
“Money saving tip: Hunt around on AbeBooks.co.uk for a cheap second-hand textbook.”
- Motley Fool.co.uk – September, 2008
“You could also save cash buying the textbooks from second and third-year students or using websites such as AbeBooks.co.uk.”
- The Times – September, 2008
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