Would it be cheaper to buy the books off of amazon for half.com instead of buying them on the island?

Thanks!

If you want your books new than I think amazon is the way to go...I bought a lot of books already and will be bringing them with me for May (shipping via 4starcargo). I found some great deals on new books from amazon's merchants, just make sure you find one w/ high ratings. You do have to take shipping cost into account though, even though the online bookstore's shipping prices seem high. I wanted to have everything set and ready to go before I get to the island, especially for 1st semester.

Probably the cheapest way to get your own copy of books is to buy them from students on the island, if you don't mind the condition/highlighting/notes etc.

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If you want to buy your books new @ a fraction of the cost, you can purchase the international version of the book (same exact book, just lower price for students in developing countries that cannot afford US prices for books).

Abebooks.com is a good site to purchase such editions.

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I bought about 90% of all my books from graduating students. Most of them were found right here on VMD. Luckily, most of the sellers knew my OA who's holding onto them for me. It was really cheap and I won't have to worry about lugging/shipping them to the island. The only downside was that some books were pretty old -- the only new book I bought was the newest edition of Lippincott's Biochem

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May 2008

To others starting this May, which books are you getting? Right now I am thinking about getting these:

New Clinical Genetics, 1st edition
Langman's Medical Embryology, 10th edition
Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry, 4th edition
Histology: A Text and Atlas: With Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology, 5th edition
Atlas of Human Anatomy: With Netteranatomy.com, 4th edition
Illustrated Clinical Anatomy, 1st edition
BRS Gross Anatomy, 6th edition

Kind of a mix between recommendations from current students on here and the school's list. I'd also rather have a book that I needed once instead of not having the book and needing it. There is the library but I like to have my own. I'll probably just get them from the AUC Virtual Bookstore so they will be there when I arrive on the island the 26th. Anyone know how long the school will hold onto books from the bookstore?

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Looks good...the school will hold onto the books until you pick them up.

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I bought your list ;
MINUS: Illustrated Clinical Anatomy

ADDED: Rohen's Atlas, "Big Moore", USMLE roadmap Biochemistry
The other Histology Text and First Aid 2008

my books and belongings are currently en-route to 4starcargo then the island... hopefully they make it there when I do.

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Any idea why they suggested two histology texts?

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I don't know why... there have been a couple threads where people have mentioned the histology texts were useful so I went ahead and got both - with shipping both histology texts ordered through amazon merchants came to be less than a single histo book from the bookstore.

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That's pretty good. I haven't seen any deals like that on amazon. Guess I procrastinated too long.

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