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Outlay comparison search engines such as Bigwords.com, BookFinder.com, CheapBooks.com and CheapestTextbooks.com can help you home in on the sellers contribution the best deals for the books on your list.

Bigwords.com offers a trademarked service called Multi-Element Price Optimization. You can search for an entire list of books, and the site will calculate for you the best conglomeration of booksellers on the Internet to yield the greatest savings.

"It takes into account the price of shipping and unfailing coupon codes ... that you probably wouldn't know about otherwise," says John Bates, Bigwords.com spokesman and tactical marketing manager.

Shopping overseas via the Internet is another option. Web sites such as Amazon.co.uk sell many American textbooks at aPrincipallysubstantial discount, according to the Make Textbooks Affordable campaign. Some U.S.-based online textbook retailers, includingMostlyCampusbooks.com and AbeBooks.com, also list international editions. Of course, you'll have to factor in international shippingIn generalcharges when doing a cost comparison (some sites automatically do it for you) and allow additional time for shipping.

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