First of all you need to know what book is "expected" in a class. At Riddle you can go to the bookstore site and find the book you need by selecting your term and then the classes that you are taking.
Professors will also post syllabuses on the Ernie Blackboard when your courses are activated. These will have a list of books needed for the class, if any are required at all.
Now once you know what books you need they will be expecting you to pay 200$ a piece for them. Instead of doing that, just write down the titles. Then go find a used copy on Amazon or some other cheap textbook site. These usually run $20-30. Add the ones you think you need to the cart and wait a little while. To cut the cheap price even more maybe check with your professor by e-mail to see if you need the most recent edition or can use an older one.
In many classes there will be textbooks listed on the bookstore site, but they will never be used in class, except as a study guide. In this case you don't need to buy the book at all. You can borrow from a friend or something else. The trouble is that you might not find this out until you show up in class. But that is OK. Most of the Professors on campus don't expect students to have the textbook until about a week into the semester.
Once you find out from the professor, on the first day of class, what they expect about the textbook you can decide if you want to order it. If you don't need it don't order it. If you do, order it and, while its shipping, borrow a copy from the library, a friend, or ebrary if
And that is how you can generally go about saving over a thousand dollars on textbooks. (Note: the expected cost for textbooks is $1400 but I never spent more than $250 and have never had a problem)
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