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Robert at GA Highlands College

The line moves slowly, I can tolerate no more
Of waiting for hours in the damned bookstore
Suddenly, a voice in my head says "Step out of line
There’s a better way to get books quicker this time"
I wonder what that could be, a leaflet floats astray
Picking it up, I see a peculiar book site by the name of Abe
“Cheap textbooks," the ad screams. I am now interested
As I type in the link to the site, will it be a good investment
A week later, my books have arrived and I have saved much cash
Whereas in the store it would have been a pain in one’s ass
At the prices they had. With the money I’ve saved, I’m ready
To invest a car, my personal reward for having the money saved
Go to AbeBooks.com and you’ll thank me, easier than it looks
And thanks Abe for providing us with cheap textbooks

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Shelly at University of North Dakota

Cheap textbooks are the bomb!
I get mine at AbeBooks.com

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Mesceille at Merritt College

“An Ode to Abe”

Cheap textbooks are my thing
With the leftover savings
I can buy some bling
One for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
Now don't be slow
My fingers are quick
As I look up the name
But nobody's better
Than AbeBooks at this game
So get on your starter
Don't be shy
Time to search for books
And, buy buy buy
AbeBooks, hear my shout
You're the best
Day in, day out.

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Aaron at University of South Florida

I have little cash
So I need real cheap textbooks
You are there for me

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Elizabeth at University of Toronto

Notwithstanding the existence of thick cottony pages, longing to tongue my fingers, and submissive lambskin, opening all the way to the safety of signatures here we are again.

In a circle of school chairs whose legs leave inky stains on lino.
If they would only open their eyes, I could catalog the bitter irony of your perfect binding: official caring minus budgetary measures.

These girls don't care about cutbacks.
They are silently fascinated by their big bellies.
Swollen like the covers of cheap textbooks left out, carelessly, overnight.

And yet I can't help Gutenberg's great-granddaughters if they have never been read.

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Jim at University of St. Thomas

I never give new textbooks
Second looks.
I always buy used textbooks
From AbeBooks.

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Madeline at Bethel University

I love cheap textbooks.
They are the best deal for me,
Because I am poor.

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Vicki at Western New Mexico University

Cheap textbooks
new, used
search, click, buy
"Never pay full price."
AbeBooks.com

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Bo at University of Ottawa

I got it cheap
I got it right,
I got it from AbeBooks site!

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Courtney from Yale

“The Budget meets The Two-Book Reading List”

Two texts on linguistics,
The theory and practice:
One research, the other one doctrinal.
Six-hundred pages
On syntax and form
(I learned later those chapters were optional.)

On the book jacket flap
Of the hardcover back,
The ISBN seems innocuous.
But the barcode below
Stands for money we owe,
And those numbers may come as a shock to us.

Ninety-five dollars!
Two Hundred! Then three!
These pages cost more than they should.
They’re not golden-dusted;
They’re not jewel-encrusted;
They’re simply cloth binding on wood.

I don’t undervalue
The knowledge, the balm,
For my intellect and for my psyche
That these books will impart—
Still, I’d relish that art
If a re-read were slightly more likely.

Perhaps they’ll be referenced,
Sporadically paged,
Perhaps they’ll look smart on my shelf.
But if stores were confounded,
Cheap textbooks abounded,
I’d buy more than one for myself.

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Kimberly at Santa Monica College

Buying textbooks every semester was oh so depressing.
I'd rather spend the money on shoes, jewelry, and pretty dresses.
My poor innocent debit card used to cringe and whimper in fear, when I
registered for classes because it knew book buying time was near.
The school book store was a joke, everything priced so high.
Even a used textbook cost one hundred dollars and it was from 1985!

Then I had a bright idea to see what I can find online, and I stumbled
upon AbeBooks.com, and man what a find!
They had every textbook I needed for literally half the price,
The website was student friendly and I got my books in no time.
I no longer have to resort to things like selling my blood, or a
kidney, cause' thanks to AbeBooks.com from now on it's cheap textbooks for me.
I've told all my classmates that their days of ramen noodles are gone,
Because we can all buy cheap textbooks at AbeBooks.com

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Nickolas at University of Texas

“Back to school”

They scoffed when I went back to school.
“You‘re crazy, old man, some kind of fool.
You’re on social security, man,
No way we think you can
Hack it at the state U.
Where those who make it are few.”

The best days of my life were spent
At the University where I went.
So now tuition is free
For old farts like me.
And cheap testbooks can be had
At AbeBooks they must be mad ­
For a buck or a little more.
And I’ll eschew the old bookstore.”

So I went back to school anyway
And tomorrow, I’m proud to say,
Is my happy graduation day!
I’m very happy to be alive,
And, incidently, I am seventy-five.

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Alaina at University of Cincinnati

“Textbook Time”

Each year around the same time,
Hundreds of kids head back to school.
Anticipating and excited about the fresh new year, but filled with dread about buying books.
Hundreds of dollars wasted away for things that will only be read once,
and hours lost waiting in line.
Is there a better way to find cheap textbooks?
Online, online...go online and save not only time, but precious money.

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Kim at San Francisco State

Cheap textbooks, it's just what we poor college folk need.
AbeBooks.com saves us money and ships with speed!
They don't only have textbooks, but a many variety
The money helps them, but their cheap prices benefit society
Come one, come all!
Buy your cheap textbooks before the semester of Fall.

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Milynne at John F. Kennedy University

Another several moments of my life wasted in line
Waiting to purchase my books for the term ahead
When a friend passed by and told me that I could
Save some time and some money in the end

He said, "You can buy cheap textbooks online
In the comfort of your own room
You can even save tons of money
Instead of living a life of gloom

Unless you like living off of Top Ramen
And having to cut coupons to save on cash
Search the web and find a deal
And use the extra money to throw a bash!

So make the smart choice
And become one of the millions of buyers
And use the money you save from online shopping
To buy anything your heart desires."

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Basanta at Loma Linda University

Waiting in line again
My heart is pounding so fast
I can't do it, I can't, I can't!
I can feel sweat on my back
Drop the books and run!
Save the money and go!
I did it, I did, I did!
Safe at home again
Online search is begun
Excitement is building inside
Cheap textbooks at AbeBooks.com!!
Victory!!!

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Joanne at University of Miami

If you need to catch a break
And cheap textbooks are your escape
Who you gonna call? AbeBooks!

You don't have to stand in line
Textbooks ordered right online
Who you gonna call? AbeBooks!

Textbooks sent right to your door
Fast and easy, who wants more?
Who you gonna call? AbeBooks!

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Susan at Florida Atlantic University

When I was in college
Back in the Stone Age
I'd study and read,
Turning page after page.

But the tears in my eyes
Were not from the work
They were from all the cash
I gave the store clerk.

Hundreds of dollars
Just flowed from my purse
And every year
It just seemed to get worse

But back in the Stone Age
There were no dot coms
No computers or thumb drives
No CD-ROMs.

The university bookstore
Was our only option
For seeking out deals
On textbook adoption.

"Give me cheap textbooks!"
I'd cry and I'd plea.
But the clerks would just laugh
And take more cash from me.

I'm now middle-aged
And my son is in college
Poring through books
And soaking up knowledge.

But now he just goes
To AbeBooks.com
He's not getting soaked
By store clerks like his mom.

He's a smart young student
With a burden that's light
Cuz he finds cheap textbooks
On the AbeBooks site.

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I'm inspired! I want to enter the cheap textbooks poetry contest!

Take me to find cheap textbooks.