Bigwords

The websitebigwords.com is an online (text)book shopping aggregation service; it searches hundreds of textbook and book reseller sites to find the best price, and then provides a link that will take you directly to the selling site with your book(s) automatically added to the shopping cart.


 * Hints for Use**
 * Searching for books by ISBN tends to give the best results. I'll often find a book on Amazon.com, and copy/paste its ISBN into bigwords.
 * By default, Bigwords currently includes textbook rentals in its pricing algorithm. If you have no intention of renting a book, uncheck this option (You can find it on the left-hand side of the screen in your bookbag).
 * Shipping of online orders often takes two weeks - be sure to order your textbooks in advance. You can find your professors' textbooks listed in both the course schedule and in your schedule on iSIS (click the textbook icon).
 * Some professors consistently fail to list their textbooks, so if you don't see any textbooks required, email the professor directly. You might also gently remind them that it is a federal law that they must provide a textbook listing when class registration opens (see 20 U.S.C. Â§ 1015b), and that Kansas State University has contracted with the K-State Campus Store to provide the required listings to their students.