Martin Crieff, sir, personal hit-man for hire. And the occasional illegal odd-job, but only if it’s interesting.
Oh. One of those, then. Well, at least you aren’t boring. Maybe I will require your services one day. I highly doubt it, but-it depends on how interesting you are.
Hello…Master, is it?
Finally, someone who appears as if they may eventually for my services. W-Well, only if you want, of course.
That’s my name.
Oh? And what would those services be, Mr…?
Textbooks are fucking expensive, and if your professor doesn’t require a physical copy (most don’t - they just want you to have the book at hand. Or maybe even not. Some professors literally give no fucks about whether you have the book or not) and you don’t mind having your copy as an electronic copy - this is the post for you!
Most textbook companies put out new editions every year or so even though there isn’t really that much new information. Sometimes they’ll eliminate questions if it’s something like a math or chemistry book or they’ll add in a few sentences about updated legislation (the professor I work for teaches human sexuality, and the newest edition of the book she uses included the 2009 decision to allow same-sex couples have hospital visitation rights). These new editions are pointless and only created to make the textbook company money and to cut down on students selling to each other. You’re going to ignore that. We love older editions. Make sure when you’re searching on the following sites that you don’t include the edition number to give you more search results. If one with your edition comes up - great! If not, you can usually stick to something one to three editions behind without any major changes.
Sites you should be searching:
- FilesTube - FilesTube searches THE ENTIRE INTERNET for files uploaded to file-sharing websites such as MegaUpload, Mediafire, or WuUpload. Sometimes people will upload pdf files of your textbook. This is always an important first search.
- Google Books - You usually won’t find your textbook on Google Books, but it’s always worth a look. Sometimes pages are missing because it’s only a preview of the book, but again - always worth a look.
- Scribd - People upload documents to Scribd and by becoming a member (free!) or connecting through Facebook (if you’re lazy!), you can download whatever files you may find. This sometimes includes textbooks.
- BookBoon - website specifically for finding pdf versions of textbooks
- Curriki - free open source materials
- Flat World Knowledge - free business, humanities, and science textbooks
- California Learning Resource Network
- Open Culture
- Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources
- TorrentScan - textbooks are also uploaded to torrent sites in some cases - you may as well check.
- If push comes to shove, you can try variations of googling “textbook name torrent” or “textbook name download” or “textbook name download free.” Sometimes things pop up and I never would have known about them.
- LibraryPirate is a torrent search site specifically for textbooks. (Added 10 October 2011)
- AMAZING Reddit post (Added 2 November 2011)
- JenkThat - I haven’t tried this out yet, but I’ve heard good things from others. It’s also a good place to find other ebooks that aren’t textbooks. (Added 29 December 2011)
I’ve found all 8 of my textbooks for this term (19 credit hours, six classes) through one of the methods above. I’m not even going to look at retail prices, but checking BigWords.com (which, if you want to buy your books/can’t find them anywhere with one of the previous methods, will give you the cheapest price on the internet), I saved $497.87 by doing this. It takes time, but it’s definitely worth almost $500 worth of time. If you know of more ways to find free textbooks - please let me know!
Shit, I’ve found all of my high school text books online and I’ve never needed to take them home. This is a godsend.
[text] Amazing, love.
yourlordandthemasterofyourfate:
It’s not often when you get the Master to smile openly. Or show any affection, really. A giggle is to be treasured, and kept safe by your side for a long time-but now-whatever you’ve just said-just made her openly laugh, bend over, and clutch her sides, and laugh, really, really hard. And it’s another thing to cling on to. Because even though she’s laughing at you, there’s not any malice in her amusement. And it’s so hard to stay mad at her, when she’s looking at you that way.
I love you like this. Laughing, and this version. You’re gorgeous.
Ah. Thanks. I like this version as well. Not as uptight as the other one.
yourlordandthemasterofyourfate:
Anything. I don’t care, I just need them gone.
Look, I haven’t told you how much it bothers me, you know I’m crap at telling you things like that.
I also lied a bit. I said I couldn’t remember anything about what happened during the relapse, I remember everything. Every cut and thrust and every time I see it in the mirror I feel it all again. And I’m his, Ko. While I’m marked by him, I’m his.
Please, help in any way you see fit, but what I’m asking is that if there’s still a mark, a shadow, a tiny echo of his mark, I want you to mark me instead. I want you to go over the top of it, cancel it out, reclaim me. Please? I can’t cope anymore.
Eve, I-you have to tell me these things-
-there’s a tight coil in his gut, and he doesn’t know what to say to her except gape, and take a deep breath. She lied, and he believed her, and he felt unbelievably idiotic…But a lie is a lie, and he isn’t going to reprimand her for that. It was her decision to keep him away from the truth, and he supposes that summarizes how much it meant to keep a secret. He’s still angry, but he understands.-
…You want me to…mark you. To hurt you, so you can focus on that instead of him hurting you? I suppose that could work…familiarity, and a welcome gesture of claim could work, or it could go all wrong. It depends. -he licks his lips, trying to stay clinical, but almost unable to in this situation- I’m quite sure I’ll be able to get most of the marks off-so this will be unnecessary anyways-if not, we will cross that bridge when needed.
I’m so sorry. -She knows it’s not good enough, that she lies to him far too often, even if it’s for the right reasons. - Forgive me? Please. I didn’t want you to know I was….suffering. You didn’t need to know.
-She takes a deep breath, holding back tears so as not to worry him further. - Koschei, I….- She eyes him guiltily, scared of his anger - l’ll do whatever it takes, I won’t ask you to do that unless I have to.
-He lets out a puff of air, and tenses- I could have helped sooner, Eve. Instead of lying to my face, you could have told me, and I could have helped you. Don’t treat me with kid gloves-I don’t need that-I just need you to tell me the truth, and stop thinking you’re protecting me from the truth. I don’t need protected. I needed to know, to help you.
-he takes a deep breath, and stifles his anger, and holds out a hand- The dermal regenerator is in the med bay. We can use that as much as we can, and then assess the rest of then damage with the creams and such. Just-come on.
She flinches at his harsh admonishment and bites her lip. There’s nothing to say, she deserves it all. She merely nods and takes the hand he offers, looking down at her feet meekly. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I was scared, I was terrified and I didn’t know what to do. For once, she doesn’t let herself babble excuses, none of them mean anything.
‘Thank you.’ She mutters humbly, as she follows him to the med bay.
He lets his anger simmer, and nods at her, taking her hand gently, and guiding her to the med bay. Once there he sets up a few things, rifles through the drawers to find the creams, and dermal regenerator, and bandages, and others things that he needs, and sets the other implements-knives, and such to the side-if, and only if he would need them.
-he stands in front of her, and makes a motion with his hand- Lay on your stomach , so I can get to your back.
yourlordandthemasterofyourfate:
yourlordandthemasterofyourfate:
paralleluniversesarecool replied to your post: I need your help with something. Before I ask, know that I’m going to do it anyways, you can just help make it safer and less painful, so you might as well agree.
Just letting you know where I stand. I want to do something about the scars that Jim put on my back. I need to, actually, I just need to. It’s making me ill.We have dermal regenerators, if you really need to get rid of them. Or New New Earth if we’re that desperate, they’ve got something that wouldn’t take much time, nor would it be-
…Eve, what do you have in mind?
Anything. I don’t care, I just need them gone.
Look, I haven’t told you how much it bothers me, you know I’m crap at telling you things like that.
I also lied a bit. I said I couldn’t remember anything about what happened during the relapse, I remember everything. Every cut and thrust and every time I see it in the mirror I feel it all again. And I’m his, Ko. While I’m marked by him, I’m his.
Please, help in any way you see fit, but what I’m asking is that if there’s still a mark, a shadow, a tiny echo of his mark, I want you to mark me instead. I want you to go over the top of it, cancel it out, reclaim me. Please? I can’t cope anymore.
Eve, I-you have to tell me these things-
-there’s a tight coil in his gut, and he doesn’t know what to say to her except gape, and take a deep breath. She lied, and he believed her, and he felt unbelievably idiotic…But a lie is a lie, and he isn’t going to reprimand her for that. It was her decision to keep him away from the truth, and he supposes that summarizes how much it meant to keep a secret. He’s still angry, but he understands.-
…You want me to…mark you. To hurt you, so you can focus on that instead of him hurting you? I suppose that could work…familiarity, and a welcome gesture of claim could work, or it could go all wrong. It depends. -he licks his lips, trying to stay clinical, but almost unable to in this situation- I’m quite sure I’ll be able to get most of the marks off-so this will be unnecessary anyways-if not, we will cross that bridge when needed.
I’m so sorry. -She knows it’s not good enough, that she lies to him far too often, even if it’s for the right reasons. - Forgive me?Please. I didn’t want you to know I was….suffering. You didn’t need to know.
-She takes a deep breathe, holding back tears so as not to worry him further. - Koschei, I….- She eyes him guiltily, scared oof his anger - l’ll do whatever it takes, I won’t ask you to do that unless I have to.
-He lets out a puff of air, and tenses- I could have helped sooner, Eve. Instead of lying to my face, you could have told me, and I could have helped you. Don’t treat me with kid gloves-I don’t need that-I just need you to tell me the truth, and stop thinking you’re protecting me from the truth. I don’t need protected. I needed to know, to help you.
-he takes a deep breath, and stifles his anger, and holds out a hand- The dermal regenerator is in the med bay. We can use that as much as we can, and then assess the rest of then damage with the creams and such. Just-come on.
yourlordandthemasterofyourfate:
Just letting you know where I stand. I want to do something about the scars that Jim put on my back. I need to, actually, I just need to. It’s making me ill.We have dermal regenerators, if you really need to get rid of them. Or New New Earth if we’re that desperate, they’ve got something that wouldn’t take much time, nor would it be-
…Eve, what do you have in mind?
Anything. I don’t care, I just need them gone.
Look, I haven’t told you how much it bothers me, you know I’m crap at telling you things like that.
I also lied a bit. I said I couldn’t remember anything about what happened during the relapse, I remember everything. Every cut and thrust and every time I see it in the mirror I feel it all again. And I’m his, Ko. While I’m marked by him, I’m his.
Please, help in any way you see fit, but what I’m asking is that if there’s still a mark, a shadow, a tiny echo of his mark, I want you to mark me instead. I want you to go over the top of it, cancel it out, reclaim me. Please? I can’t cope anymore.
Eve, I-you have to tell me these things-
-there’s a tight coil in his gut, and he doesn’t know what to say to her except gape, and take a deep breath. She lied, and he believed her, and he felt unbelievably idiotic…But a lie is a lie, and he isn’t going to reprimand her for that. It was her decision to keep him away from the truth, and he supposes that summarizes how much it meant to keep a secret. He’s still angry, but he understands.-
…You want me to…mark you. To hurt you, so you can focus on that instead of him hurting you? I suppose that could work…familiarity, and a welcome gesture of claim could work, or it could go all wrong. It depends. -he licks his lips, trying to stay clinical, but almost unable to in this situation- I’m quite sure I’ll be able to get most of the marks off-so this will be unnecessary anyways-if not, we will cross that bridge when needed.