Searching for the Best Textbook Prices no comments
CampusBooks has a widget that you can use to search for the lowest prices on your textbooks. The widget searches almost 40 textbook sellers and returns results for both pbooks and ebooks (you can choose which you are interested in) as well as rentals and used copies. CampusBooks has let me post their widget on the site – you will find it on the eBook Sources page in the textbook section.
eBay announced today the release of an iPhone app that students can use to find textbooks on Half.com, which is owned by eBay. The app lets you scan an item’s barcode and then find it on Half.com. This works not only for textbooks, but for any other items that someone might be selling at Half.com. eBay says that there are over 80 million active listings from more than 700,000 sellers on Half.com, but adds that the majority of items are textbooks – especially in the back-to-school season. The app is available for free at the iTunes Store.
This is why eBay bought RedLaser a couple of months ago. RedLaser was a startup that had developed an iPhone app for scanning product barcodes. Probably an app to search for items up for auction on eBay itself will be forthcoming soon. The app could also be purposed to help eBay sellers list their items easier and faster as well.
£149.00
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