KB Books

It was a 7:30 on a Wednesday morning. I went off to go look for a book for a specific class. I manage to find out where it was. And bought it. It said it was used and the dude charged it new when it had a used tag. Oh well. Beggars can’t be choosers, I can’t afford to make enemies, not here or anywhere.

Everyone was very friendly and eager to help find books. There was some confusion with the coupon but that was resolved quickly in a very friendly manner! The owner definitely has his customer and employees as priorities :) PLUS, the cheap prices and price comparisons are great!

They sometimes dont have all the books that SDSU bookstore carry, and its not much of a diffetence either. Ever since I got Amazon Student Prime membership, I found books that saved me more than $ 10 & most of the time, I m not paying for sales tax either.
The staff at KB Books is great, but during their busy times, like beginning of the semester and finals, it’s really hard to get help. As for the backpack sorting thing, make sure everything is placed inside. They dropped my tumbler, and said they weren’t responsible for the damages.

I am an instructor at SDSU. Two weeks before classes started, I decided to try to design my own reader. I really doubted that it could be done this quickly but the owner, Ken, made it happen. He was beyond helpful and accommodating!!! Ken was able to get my reader created within about a week! After all was said and done (including securing copyrights), he produced my students’ reader for only $ 16! What an epic deal for my students. I am so glad I went this route. I was on the verge of having my students buy a pre-​made reader for $ 35, but this is so much better and cheaper! Thanks to Ken and Duke for all their help!

Do not rent from this place. They give you a specific date to bring the book back. It is typically the same week as finals. Then if you do not bring it that day, they charge you the price of a new book. Funny this is that the book I rented was a piece of crap. Taped up and very used. They charged me the price of a new book and a $ 10 fee. Go to chegg. Seriously. You will regret it if you go here. O and I can’t even sell the book back them. lol

I ordered my books from here through the online process and was directed to the pick up line upon arrival. It was a very smooth process.
I was a bit annoyed because I ordered my books a week before school started so I could know if there were any books our of stock. I was never informed if that was the case. I picked up my books the day before school started and upon arrival was told they didn’t have a book in stock. I was then sent an email after I already picked up my order saying they were out of stock.

Only cheaper than the SDSU bookstore by 4 dollars or less. You wont find a better savings than that on any book believe me.
Not once have they ever purchased a book back that I had originally purchased from them. They always lie and say they don’t need it when I have known the next semester course will in fact be using the same edition of the book. Liars!
Sometimes they have stupid sorority girls who set up shop inside for some stupid social media crap where they harass customers inside for their name and e-​mail and other personal information. Very low class if you ask me. It was amazing that they could let such demeaning shenanigans take place inside of their business.
But what makes this bookstore worse is that whenever they are sold out of a book they will offer to order the book but it will take several weeks and the buyer/​customer has to pay shipping. LOL, yeah, like I would be that stupid when I can just go to Amazon or
and get the same book for cheaper, faster, and on occasion with free shipping.
The younger staff has been helpful but the older men in their 40’s+ working here are total A-​HOLES.

Had to write this because of the awesome customer service I received today, specifically from Dana. I had ordered a book online from a publisher that sat in my dorm room all semester unused. At the end of the semester, i brought it to KB to see if they would buy it back and I got $ 40 for it. A couple weeks later, I got an email from the publisher saying my rental is due, the book that I had sold back to KB; I completely forgot that I had rented it, so I called KB to see if they could help me. Since I live far from San Diego, there’s now way I could’ve picked that book up from the store and returned their $ 40 to them, so instead Dana worked with me to find the book and charge the $ 40 to my credit card, with a small processing fee of $ 7. Then she asked me to email her the UPS shipping label so she could attach it to the box and had me call UPS to schedule a pick up. All in all i saved about $ 130 that I otherwise would’ve had to pay the publisher to purchase the book that I never used nor had in my possession. Thank you Dana and KB Books for all your help!

KB Books can be awesome. You can find decently priced-​textbooks and definitely save some money compared to shopping at the campus bookstore. But then there are some not so great things about KB that dont make it worth shopping at. Compared to retailers like Amazon, you dont really save that much more, but they are in business because people are just too lazy to do price comparisons. The staff at this store is awful. Its almost worth going somewhere else and not wasting your time here.
Ive shopped at 3 different KB Bookstores. I’ve had mostly positive experiences until I came to this one. Where do you people hire your employees? I’ve never seen such a place with SOOO many employees yes no one knows what they are doing or can give you a straight answer.
Normally a shopping trip to KB will go like this:
«sorry I can’t help you, buy they can over there» «Actually this is not the line (where #1 pointed you to), you need to go there», then I have to wait in another line, listening to a nerd (who isn’t even in line, but his friend is) eat potato chips loudly and talk to the cashier about video games. Then the cashier leaves and an 18 year old frat guy will step up and only show interest in helping pretty blonde girls and pretty much ignores everyone else.
Did you buy a book online and have it shipped to you? Oh, do you NEED this book for class? Don’t expect them to call you when your shipments arrive. This past semester, TWICE they forgot to call me. If you have a stack of books at the beginning of the semester, You might need them. It might be a good time to call the customer when they arrive, instead of letting them sit there for a week. Why would an order be sitting there for a week without being checked if the customer has been notified of their arrival? The cashier looks like this is their first job ever and cant tell me when my order arrive or why they did not call me. I find out from another random employee that it had been sitting there for a week. No acknowledgement of the fact that they messed up or the importance of preventing this from happening in the future. When I told them how this was unacceptable and the confirmation emails say to wait until you receive the call saying your books have arrived, the cashier just stared blankly at me and blinked a few times.
They have a bunch of 18 year olds working there who have never help a job prior to this. So they dont care if they mess up on your order. Someone else will take your spot in line if you dont wanna shop there. Do them a favor and shop on Amazon, their prices for textbooks are better anyway.

Man this place has been around as long as I have and probably even longer. There is even a dude that works there that has been there since the ‘90s. Anyways if your a student they have books for cheap and if your a professor, well not much for you, but I go there to buy scantrons for creating master keys.

No body likes shopping for text books, especially your wallet. As far as KB Books go you will definitely save more than the SDSU bookstore, even with the coupons they give you. This was my first semester buying my books solely from KB and I bought all for under $ 200. I ended up buying about 10 different books and still paid that little when it would have cost nearly $ 300+ at the book store. I love the huge selection of used books at a very fair discounted rate. Furthermore they were all very helpful and the employees often knew exactly what shelf to send me too when I couldn’t find the book I needed. I am not sure if SDSU does this but at the end of the semester if you wish to purchase it, the amount you paid to rent it goes towards buying the book as if it was buying a car after the lease ends. Overall buying textbooks is a tiresome experience but as a college student its a must, and from here on out I will be coming back to KB books until I graduate. Hope I win the $ 250 gift certificate, could definitely help out with my ever increasing student loan debt haha

KB Books is the best place to buy books! They are guaranteed to be cheaper than the SDSU bookstore. It has never been too crowded in all of my times being there. They have pretty much everything you could ever need. I highly recommend purchasing books from here over the SDSU Bookstore.

KB books is cheaper than the SDSU bookstore and usually less crowded. They have the same required books for less !! Just a few steps from campus. I would say that KB is very convenient and the books are pretty easy to find plus you save a few bucks! :)

This place usually gets pretty busy during the beginning of each semester but for a good reason. The customer service is genuine and they understand the students. The place just had an overhaul on the outside of the building making it a lot more inviting, fitting since the student union just opened. Pretty much anything you get at KB Books is cheaper than the book store from books to supplies. Everyone there is open to helping you no matter how busy it can get. They also have a much larger buy back catalog than the aztec book store so if you want to sell your books I recommend going here instead. My only complaint is some books can run low on stock but the sales clerk was quick to order the book and it came just within a few days!!!

KB is ok. Service is ok too. It’s extremely difficult to rate any higher as the prices of textbooks are exhorbitantly high, whether renting or buying. The authors, publishers, and sellers are all gaining at the student’s expense. I executed a rental agreement here recently, but cancelled immediately as I was informed of a disclosure about penalties, only after authorizing the sale. I immediately feared the worst and pulled out of the transaction. I found an e-​book online for $ 30 less, no penalties.

I came here after getting one of those infamous coupons to save money and honestly you don’t save THAT much.
It is hard to find your books here and I’ve had some of my books not even available here so I had to walk my ass back into campus and forfeit my money to the SDSU bookstore.
I’ve also found that the employes are rude and have an attitude which I don’t appreciate when I’m stressed out trying to get my books.
Thank god I finally realized that you save more money if you buy books from Amazon. Oh and you won’t have to deal with rude employees. That’s a plus, right?

I think KB is awesome. I came to this location when I attended SDSU and I went to the location by Mesa College when I attended there. They are ALWAYS cheaper than the bookstore and they pass out fliers for like «$ 5 off $ 100» or something which is pretty sweet.
Once they started giving customers the option to rent the books, I began doing that. By renting instead of buying, you aren’t stuck at the end of the semester with your Chicano Studies book wondering «WTH am I going to do with this?» since they aren’t buying it back.
Customer service was pretty good, I would usually bring my booklist in and have a salesperson help me find each one of my books.

At the beginning of every semester I always come here first before going to the SDSU bookstore. They’re always at least a little bit cheaper (even if it’s just a buck or two), and every penny counts when you’re a college student.
Some stuff like class syllabi or other things that professors sell for their classes might not be there, but it’s worth a shot to check here first!
Sometimes if you get lucky you’ll see someone at aztec center passing out coupons for KB books that say something like save $ 5 if you spend $ 100 (before tax!) or save $ 10 for 200 spent, and so on.
They also rent out books here, which is a plus!
But before anything, I ALWAYS ALWAYS look up their prices online for KB books, the SDSU bookstore (through ez books, but just to check prices), chegg, & amazon before buying/​renting anything! COMPARING PRICES WILL DEFINITELY SAVE YOU $$$!!!
If you don’t know where it is, it’s right across the bridge next to Dominos near the dorms. It’s probably easiest to park at PS6 or PS3.

KB Books is waaay cheaper than the SDSU Bookstore or at least in my opinion. Plus, this location always hands out coupons which makes it a tad bit better than the bookstore. They buy textbooks, sell textbooks and sell school supplies…
Sounds like a good deal to me :)

Definitely the best college bookstore! How could they not be with a Kangaroo as their Mascot!
They seriously always have the lowest priced books and the best buyback prices. and will not rip you off like the SDSU Bookstore.
They sell everything from clothing apparel, school supplies, books…
Oh yeah did I mention their coupons and free food? YEAHHHHH! During that time of buying books and selling your books back, in the Daily Aztec or in the Student Saver booklets there are printed coupons so you will get 10% back of your total. There are additional coupons too like 20% clothing, and $ 10 off when you spend like $ 50 or more.
And when you sell your books to them, they usually have like FREE FOOD like pizza or ice cream promos!
Not only do they withhold the title of «Lowest Prices» but you can also host on event there if you wanted to sell something or do some marketing for your business. Since SDSU is so extremely strict and you need to get permission, after becoming an official organization on campus, and then fill out endless piles of paperwork, all just to have a booth on their territory…
KB Books just wants to know what date! Yes that’s it. AND they will even provide you will tables, chairs, a tent, and you can even set up your electronics if you need to all for the bargain price of $ 50 for the entire day. Freakin sweet I’d say! The location is so prime also!!! It is right by the bridge so heavy amount of people traffic will be passing by all day! I did an event here once to promote a product and it was super successful and really helped spread the work around! They even let me leave the free swag that I was giving out near the registers too and said they would keep refilling it if I just came by to give them more.
The people who work here are sOOOoOOOOO lax! Always down which is prob. why they are theeeee best! Parking is pretty easy too. They have a weird parking lot set-​up but it works and if you can’t find anything there, cruise right next door to Jack in the Box or 7 – 11.
So if you have to read anything, don’t spread and waste your money anywhere else but here!!!