Textbooks wtf?

[mutedtempest]

I love school, and I love the fact that I got into an actual university. I also love that I'm enrolled in a semester's worth of online and distance courses, which means I can still do them in Scotland.

However, the books for these classes are insane. I'm enrolled in 15 credit hours right now, which totals 5 classes. Five books wouldn't be a big deal, and would be expected. But I counted last night, and the classes I'm taking require not 5 books in total, but 15.

Granted, some of these are novels, since I'm signed up for a class entitled Women in Literature and I'll need to read books written by...women. lol. But when each of these books is over $20 on Amazon, it adds up. Fast.

Most of my classes only need one book, but the two that require more have at least 4 apiece. And the book for my astronomy class is $124 for the current edition. And that's the LOWEST price I could find. I did find a 2000 edition of the book for 97 cents, though, so I'm going to try to see if my professor will let me use that instead. lol.

Now, I understand that textbooks are ridiculously expensive in America, and I don't mind that. But I'm pinching pennies right now to save as much as I can for the move to Scotland, and I don't fancy spending hundreds on 15 different books that I'll have to lug across the ocean. Honestly, I'm more upset about the prospect of carrying so many damn books in my luggage than I am about the cost. Haha.

Comments

[mutedtempest.insanejournal.com]

well, textbooks are very expensive to us compared to other books. You can find a bunch of computer books at a local bookstore for $20-$30 apiece, but if it's a textbook, there's really no limit set on ow high they can price it. School bookstores really mark things up.

And I don't know either! lol. I'm taking my messenger bag for my laptop, so I can fit a couple in there. I'm also gonna have a small carry-on, so some can go in there, but it's my checked bag I'm worried about. It's huge, and I can fit them all in there, but it's gonna be heavy as all fuck. lol.

[darknessdee.insanejournal.com]

They're still cheaper in the US than they are here. Everything is cheaper there. See, now you're moving to Europe, the land of expensive.