3 Answers2025-07-06
I have bought and sold this book many times. Price depends on format and time of year. For example new paperback 5th edition costs $20-$30 but can cost more at the start of the semester. Digital versions are around $15. I bought used 5th edition for $12 from Half Price Books last year, it had a few minor annotations in the margins.
I used CamelCamelCamel to set up price drops on the Amazon book and it typically goes down to $18 in the off season. And yes, this is one of those books you’ll want to keep for future self-study so even if you pay full price, it’s worth it. As for a used copy, avoid your campus bookstore as they price these types of textbooks way too high. Half Price Books is where I picked up a used copy for $12 a year or so ago.
5 Answers2025-07-05
I looked up a free online version of ‘Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises’ through academic sharing platforms like ZLibrary and LibGen, but be aware that these sites may not have completely legal copies. You could also check your local library’s e-book collection and see if they have it available to borrow for free, or ask your classmate if they have a copy that you could borrow. I found that some of the exercises had examples in user-generated content on sites like Wattpad or Medium. It’s not the best, but it worked for now.
4 Answers2025-08-04
Although widely used, the 5th Edition of They Say / I Say PDFs are commonly distributed to students without answer keys, which are typically reserved for teachers and included in the instructor resources on publisher’s websites. While some PDFs of the 5th Edition may include answer keys, be wary of these sources and instead contact the instructor for the course or look for the answer keys on the publisher’s website where they can be downloaded for free as part of the instructor resources for separate download.
6 Answers2025-07-05
In terms of comparing new, used, rental, and even e-textbooks, sites like Chegg, Textbooks.com, and CampusBooks offer the ability to search for the same book across multiple online retailers. Importantly, the sites aggregate new, used, rental, and e-textbook listings from various online bookstores, so you can compare prices from multiple sellers in a single search. The prices may not always be the cheapest available online, but it’s a good place to start. In some cases, renting the e-book directly from the publisher (Norton) may even be cheaper than renting through an online aggregator, so be sure to click on through to the publisher’s website to compare prices. In just a few minutes, you could save yourself $30 or so by avoiding the campus bookstore, which is generally not the cheapest option for textbooks.
2 Answers2025-05-22
For free comic PDF editing I rely on GIMP for image layers (covering up original text with translation boxes) and Foxit Reader for annotation and adding new text. Very hacky, but it works. One thing to keep in mind when creating text layers to print out scaled up fan copies is to set the font size of the text layer 10% larger than the original comic book text.
5 Answers2025-07-11
If you’re looking for free English stories to read online, Project Gutenberg is a great starting point – there are thousands of free classics here to choose from. For more contemporary stories, Wattpad is great to look around, and fanfiction is catered for on AO3. If you’re after some short science fiction or fantasy stories, then you should check out ‘Tor.com’ for free reads online, as well as libraries offering free digital loans from Open Library, and stories from Medium’s creative section, each story briefly told to read online. There are lots of choices online here, so look around to find out what type of stories online that you enjoy most.
3 Answers2025-08-18
All of the 'Holes' PDFs I’ve found are pretty text-heavy, since the story itself is in the words of Louis Sachar and not reliant on illustrations for the main story. There was one teacher’s edition that had very small diagrams for the digging configurations and timelines for the story, but that was about it for extras.
If you need something more to look at while you listen, the audiobook is great. But for PDF lovers, this is a great, text-heavy story. No extra art is needed to tell this great adventure. The original PDF is lean and mean and a great read.
9 Answers2025-08-09
My answer is negative. I think that with the right narrator, this could be a fantastic audio book. A historical book can be so much better than it is in print if it has a great narrator. A fantasy book can become an epic. This book has that potential but without the publisher stumping up for the cost of the narrator, I don’t think it will happen. I’ve seen no industry reports of the audio rights for this title being picked up and those deals are generally reported in trade publications such as Publishers Weekly. The lack of any reports in the industry is more corroborating evidence that, for now, it is not going to happen.
4 Answers2025-08-01
I personally like to buy physical copies of books that I own, but I know that many people prefer PDF versions of certain books. For example, ‘Esperanza Rising’ by Pam Muñoz Ryan is available from Amazon’s Kindle Store and from Barnes & Noble’s Nook Store. It can also be downloaded from many libraries that have a digital catalog. If you can’t afford to buy the book, a free trial to services such as Scribd could be the answer – just watch out for any dodgy sites that offer the book for download – they’re not worth the risk.
10 Answers2025-09-05
Here’s a comparison of the main methods: Kindle Unlimited is a buffet where you pay a monthly subscription fee to eat as much as you want. Library books are an à la carte menu with varying amounts of seating available (i.e. waitlists for popular titles). Amazon freebies last for a temporary period of time, just like a happy hour special is only good for a certain time. Publisher direct freebies are like complimentary appetizers – small but wonderful. I use each of these options regularly. On the rare occasions that I really want a new title by a favorite author, I put it on hold at the library. At other times, when I’m in the mood to browse through a huge list of books by authors I’ve never read before, I visit the Kindle Unlimited store. So much diversity in sources to choose from!