amazon.com used books is a great way to buy them. a number of these books are actually new or practically new but at used book prices.

You could get some from the library, or a used book store, amzon.com, or ebay
All these places have very nice books and are in good shape.

well you don;t even have to buy a book online you cab read about it and not buy an ounce of material you can copy and past thee info on your computer and use it when you get stuck

go on eBay and search for “chess book lot”.

That will give you a bunch of items where each item is a set of chess books (known as a “lot”).

Find the lot that has the most matches from your coach’s list. You should be able to buy the lot for less than $5/book.

Then, go to an online chess book retailer or Amazon to fill in what you didn’t get as part of the lot.

Hi David,

That’s tough. You could spend hours trying to find the best price for everything you want to buy. It’s likely that one merchant will have some titles for cheap and the rest of the titles will be expensive. Another merchant might be the same, or overlap with the first. Merchants frequently lower prices on some items “loss leaders” to attract business. But they realize you often want more than one thing – and they’ll get you to pay rack rate for items 2+. There’s one website I know of that can do all of that tedious homework across dozens of sites for you and truly get you the best deal. Check out a list of some of my favorite chess books – and you can see for yourself that Ugenie simplifies the equation. BTW, you only spend a few $ more buying new vs. used in this case.