Buying Books
If you want to buy all your books at once and don't mind paying full price, Labyrinth Books on Nassau Street is a popular choice. Professors register with the store, so that all your books are sitting together in a little pile when you arrive.
The easiest and fastest way to purchase all your books at once is by making use of the Princeton Textbook Exchange (PTX). PTX is a simple and straightforward service that allows you to buy and sell within the Princeton community with the click of a button. Purchasing books directly from other students will save you hundreds of dollars and all exchanges conveniently take place on campus. Plus, when you're done with your textbooks, you can sell them to other students on PTX and recoup some of the funds for the next term's books.
Another way students can save money is through purchasing their textbooks from online book vendors and through used book trades.
Professors also often collect smaller readings in photocopied packets, available for sale at Pequod Printing at the U-Store. You can’t sell them off after the class is done, so see if you can split the cost and share with another person.
When all else fails, most professors keep a copy of the reading in the Firestone Reserve Room. Undoubtedly, you can also find a copy of the book in the library itself, or through one of the many interlibrary networks Princeton has joined (Borrow Direct is particularly popular).
