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10 ways to save money on books
February 20, 2008 - 10:28am — Blake
Over On MSN Money JD Roth lists 10 ways to save money on books.
Avoid new releases.
Find the classics online.
Frequent your public library.
Explore used bookstores.
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Price comparison sites
I was surprised that there was no mention of price comparison websites. These sites search across the online bookstores and bring back the lowest prices. This helps speed up the process of searching different online bookstores. Fetchbook is the primary price comparison site I use. (http:www.fetchbook.info)