Take advantage of digital books when preparing for your study abroad trip.
If you are in the planning stages for studying abroad, check out Study Abroad eBook, which is a site that has some good resources for study abroad. Some good eBooks for language travelers are two books devoted to tips about learning a language: How to Learn Any Language, which was written specifically for Americans and how they learn and process language, and How to Learn a Foreign Language, which is designed to help language students save time and confusion, and learn the language quickly and easily.
There are phrasebooks in Spanish, French, and one for 25 different languages. You can also find packing advice from Fodor's. In addition, Study Abroad eBook has Frommer's and Eyewitness Travel Guides for many destinations.
Overall, Study Abroad eBook is a good resource to save time shopping for eBooks about study abroad.