How can I find cheap text books?

First of all we recommend checking which retailers offer student discounts off books - you can do this in the Discounts section by viewing the Books categoy.

 As students we know how expensive student books are. Book shops rarely offer a student discount and the cost of books soon escalates and can leave you broke in the first couple of weeks of the university term. However there is a solution which can dramatically reduce the cost of the student text books you need- Second Hand Textbooks!

Thousands of students across the UK will have done your course in previous years and so have student text books which they are willing to sell. Many of these text books are still current editions as they often only get updated every few years. Therefore they will be exactly the same as the new books you would have to buy except for half the price which leaves you more cash for those student essentials!

Top Tip

Try and buy second hand student books which haven’t been previously high-lighted by other students, you know what is relevant in the book and will want to be doing the high-lighting yourself!