College students now have a new option to help them escape the high cost of buying textbooks. Students can now rent their textbooks for the semester or quarter that they need them for and pay a fraction of the price of buying them. Remember to include shipping when comparing one book store to another.
Here are some of the better known textbook rental outfits:
- http://www.chegg.com/
- http://www.bookrenter.com/
- http://www.collegebookrenter.com
- http://www.campusbookrentals.com/
- www.bookswim.com/
Local textbook rental option
- Textbook rental options may (or will) be available at your local college bookstore. While some book stores have been renting textbooks for awhile now, the options are getting better with the entry of Barnes and Noble. Click here to read more
e-Book textbook option
- http://www.coursesmart.com/iphone – over 8500 electronic textbooks you can purchase for use on your iPhone and/or your PC (course smart states “Buy and access your eTextbook instantly. Save up to 50 %.”)
You can compare prices between rental companies (and even see how the prices stack up with buying the book) at http://www.textbookrenter.com/ so you can see what’s really the best deal. I was surprised how much it varied for the books I needed!