March 8, 2010 Dollars & Sense
March 2010 By Austin Pearson, Daily Skiff, Texas Christian University
Looking for a way to save money on college textbooks? There’s an app for that. A new iPhone application claims to help students save money on textbooks, according to Jeff Sherwood, CEO of BIGWORDS.com. BIGWORDS, a free iPhone application, can help students find the best deals on their textbooks from Multi-Item Price Optimization which calculates the cheapest combination of textbooks from stores with multi-item orders and finds the best deals available, Sherwood said. Sherwood said people using the site and the app save $225 on average on multi-item orders. “BIGWORDS is 35 to 40 percent cheaper than other Web sites,” he said.
Students search for textbooks on BIGWORDS by plugging in the title, author or ISBN code and drop the books into a virtual book bag. It searches from over 20 different sources, like Amazon, Textbooks.com, and Barnes & Noble, to find the best deals by factoring in shipping cost and promotions.
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