My solution to Campu$ bookstores (Score 1)

1) email one's respective instructors for the upcoming term asking for info. on required texts. I ask for ISBN #s explicitly and get them most of the time, the times I don't I might go back and confirm texts with the instructor to determine the ISBN. 2) shop for best price. Start #1 at least 2-3 weeks before the term begins as Amazon (and other online shops) default to pretty slow textbook shipping. (One place in Texas comes to mind, forget the name, but they are a big online textbook source and good otherwise...) Anyway - I rarely ever go to my campus bookstore. They are unprofessional and recently cordoned off the book sections, insisting that the "employees" will retrieve desired texts. Not sure why and no explanation is given. (I'll show you if you'd like to visit Hayward, CA. oops.)