How is the operation going back to school? In mid-August, who else who least has already started with the preparations for the school return. We told you how to get discounted school supplies through the best online stores, but it is clear that the most important fraction of the September budget is taken by textbooks.
Most families spend between 100 and 300 euros with each of their children going back to school . The children usually spend about 130 euros just for the books, but this amount, for primary and secondary school can reach 200 euros. Families with high school students, for their part, can spend up to 300 euros on the famous textbooks, so, whatever your pocket, saving will never hurt.
What we offer you today are different options to get the cheapest textbooks or with some discount . We cannot promise miracles, but the truth is that there are interesting options to get hold of this essential without having to leave us the salary of September. Are we going there with savings?
Let's start with a comparator
Most books are the same price in all stores . However, it is important to look at savings, no matter how small. A couple of euros may not mean anything when it comes to a single book, but ... what if you ended up saving about 20 for the total?
Save on books is a comparator with which you can search, compare and finally save on the purchase of textbooks for your children or for yourself, if you are a student. All you have to do to use this tool is enter the ISBN or the title of the books .
As soon as you insert it in the search box, you will see a list of all the online stores where the book is found, with the clearly visible price and the characteristics of the sales service. That is, here you can check if the store offers free shipping costs or if you have to cover a minimum amount to get them, what the return service is like and if you can get any kind of discount with the purchase. There are stores that, for the purchase of textbooks, give away discount vouchers to later purchase school supplies. In this way, it will be much easier for you to decide on one store or another.
And speaking of school supplies. This same website includes a very interesting section in which you can check where you can get the cheapest material . You can choose by categories: Agendas, Pens, Calculators, Compasses, Cases, Folios, Pencils, Notebooks, Backpacks, Laptops, etc. These links lead to cheap branded items, usually available in packs, which is the way to get them for a better price.
Save 70% with second-hand books
Spending on books is, as we said, one of the most important back to school. If we want to educate in responsible consumption we also have the option of buying second-hand books. You can choose to acquire them through colleagues from other courses, but you also have a website such as RELIBREA, from which you can not only purchase books of all kinds, but of course textbooks that have already been used.
You can do a quick search by title, but using the ISBN will certainly be more practical for you. Especially if you have it on hand. As soon as you enter the code , a list of second-hand books will appear and you can surely buy the price of the new book with that of the used ones. It is important, at this point, that you find someone who sells it near you, in order to save shipping costs.
We recommend that you contact the seller to ask the questions you consider necessary, especially those related to the condition of the book. It is not going to be that it is too damaged to be reused properly . With it you can agree on the conditions, the price and the formula to deliver it.
If you are the one with second-hand textbooks to sell , you can also use Relibrea. In this way, you may be able to get this year's books for an even better price. The service is free.
Take advantage of discounts in stores
If you finally can't get your second-hand textbooks and have no choice but to buy them, you still have the option of choosing a store. Note that some offer more advantageous prices than others, with free shipping or even coupon gifts for other purchases. What do we recommend in this regard?
You can first try Amazon, especially if you are a Prime customer. This means that you have free shipping costs, so that you will already save them from the start. In addition, you should keep in mind that Amazon offers a discount voucher of 10 euros for purchases of more than 90 euros in primary and secondary books . This amount can be redeemed in the next purchase you make, as long as the products are indicated for this promotion and are part of the Office and Stationery, Fashion, Backpacks and Computer categories.
Keep in mind, on the other hand, that this promotion applies to purchases made from August 16 to September 30, 2019 . The code can be redeemed until October 30, 2019. To consult the bases and all the conditions related to the purchase of textbooks, we recommend that you go directly to the Amazon Textbooks 2019 page.
But this is not the only store where you can find interesting discounts. You can take a look at the Abacus promotion, which in addition to offering reduced prices for members , give away 10 euros for the purchase of textbooks. This promotion is only valid for certain books (children, high school, reading books and summer and reinforcement notebooks are excluded) and two vouchers of 5 euros are offered accumulative and exchangeable until September 30 in stationery purchases, crafts and technology that exceed 35 euros.
But there are other options. At Casa del Libro, for example, you have free shipping and a guaranteed best price. Although we always recommend you check beforehand. In Carrefour they also give you a 10 euro voucher for future purchases of school supplies, but you have to spend a minimum of 90 euros . Shipping costs are free.
Finally, in El Corte Inglés you can also buy your textbooks with free shipping costs from 19 euros of purchase. What you can get is a promotional code with a discount of up to 10% at the time of ordering, which you can later redeem for purchases of school supplies, clothing and children's sports for purchases over 30 euros.