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Textbooks—Huge, Expensive, and Out of Print - pws - 04-18-2019 I'm looking into buying the textbooks I need for the TESU Non-Western Lit. course, and two BYU-IS courses. First, for the TESU Non-Western Lit. course, we are expected to buy The Norton Anthology of World Literature, volumes A, B, C, D, E and F (two box sets). Each volume is around 1000-1500 pages—making this approximately 7500 pages of text. What the heck? For the two BYU-IS courses, most of the books are fine. There's just one book though, that's out of print. I found a few used copies in only two places online, however, it makes you wonder, why do they expect you to buy a book if it's out of print? On a more serious note: For most course books, are they completely required, or some are more-or-so optional? Are there workarounds? Any suggestions? RE: Textbooks—Huge, Expensive, and Out of Print - MNomadic - 04-18-2019 Try world cat: https://www.worldcat.org/ You may find that a book you need is at a library near you! Amazon may be a good place to look for books to buy or rent(I rented one of my textbooks from them for way less than the TESU book store).