🧵 Cheap Textbooks For /sci/ stuff
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:45:42 UTC No. 16472431
Where do you find your cheap textbooks? I've checked Amazon and Half Priced books and I'm seeing even used textbooks are upwards of 40$ on there. I'm specifically looking for academic math, science, business, history, etc. textbooks.
I know there must be a ton of extra academic books out there, somewhere, since students buy new copies every year.
I heard of Biblio and AbeBooks recently and I see some good prices on there.
I'm already aware of libgen and just pirating them online, but I really prefer to have a physical copy of a book.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:54:15 UTC No. 16472442
Pirate and print the pages you want to read. Or just go to your unis library and see if they have hard copy.
But really, after a while you'd get so accustomed to reading shit on your pc because typically we would read all the research papers online anyway.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:00:24 UTC No. 16472447
>>16472442
For some reason I just learn things a lot better if I have a physical copy. I think the physical pages help me to remember better, or maybe I'm just tired of looking at screens all day.
I haven't been able to find math textbooks at my local library, maybe I could try to get access to an academic library but I'm not currently a student.
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:04:55 UTC No. 16472450
>>16472447
I can't say if 100% do but many academic libraries do have ways for non-students to get access. Some might charge a small fee or require proof of residence in the city or something like that
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:41:48 UTC No. 16473520
as for Physics and Math maybe take a look at Dover books, they are cheap paperbacks for like 15 bucks
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 18:45:56 UTC No. 16473688
>>16472431
Thriftbooks. A few years ago--around the time of Teh Coof--I could get my hands on most (undergrad) textbooks for ~$5; <$20 for anything that people fag over.
For more rare shit, your only option is to either try eBay or some other reselling site, or to go with a paperback reprint. I wish Dover would reprint old Soviet books like the ones published by MIR. I think their library is a little small, not all that much variety--at the undergrad/introductory level anyway.
>>16472447
For me, having a physical book helps since I can write notes or make questions in the margins for when I look back over it. I also make use of sticky notes and loose paper I leave in there. It's occasionally saved me the trouble of having to remember how to derive something or how something works when I can just look over whatever insights I had previously made; it speeds along review and helps when looking back for reference.
Using the PDF version and writing my notes on it through a tablet is always an option, but I think that's gay. But yeah, most shit's read online anyway.
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:25:44 UTC No. 16473813
>>16473688
>>16473520
Thanks anons