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Have you ever feel confused and frustrated because of the expensive or unaffordable textbooks? You feel depressed because you spend a lot of your money to buy those textbooks. Don’t worry!
Here’s everything you need to know – or at least 14 really good tips – to help you save on textbooks.

1. Just wait until the first day
Your professors may list a specific textbook on their syllabus and then never refer to it again. Wait until you’ve had a chance to talk with the prof before shelling out big bucks for what may turn into a bookshelf ornament.

2. Just buy some part that you need from the package
Ask your prof or teaching assistant if you can get by with just the workbook. The new federal rules mean publishers can no longer bundle their textbooks with accompanying materials, like workbooks or CD-ROMs.

3. Use textbooks that were open source
This open source movement, led by the co-founder of Sun Microsystems, applies the open-source mantra of the software world to textbooks. Progress is slow, but both Curriiki and FlatWorld Knowledge are steadily growing. You can either download a text for free or buy a printed and bound version for $20 to $40.

4. Barnes & Noble Shopping
When you add Barnes & Noble coupons to standard savings of up to 90 percent on used textbooks and 30 percent on new textbooks, you’ll got yourself a huge deal. Barnes & Noble also will buy your old textbooks for instant cash with no fees and free shipping. Big-box bookstores are really catching on to offering cheap textbooks and used textbooks, so keep your eye out for major savings in unlikely places.

5. Free books download
Gigapedia.com is a recommended site to download free books. Or you can search in Google Books. Google Books has scanned many texts into its database, although you may not find what you need. Project Gutenberg also has scanned in a lot of free-domain books that English majors will find useful. The process can be hit or miss, but both sites are worth checking out.