Financial Aid For Online Education and Online Degrees

Re: Rent your textbooks:)

ekoszyk — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:32:32 GMT

www.Bookswim.com also rent textbooks

Re: Rent your textbooks:)

Larycom — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:35:06 GMT

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Re: Rent your textbooks:)

ajtheirishlass — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:46:02 GMT

That's definitely a great tip! :) Thankfully, I'm currently getting my books from PF, but this could come in handy later on.

Re: Rent your textbooks:)

SteveFoerster — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:32:37 GMT

Step one when it comes to required texts is see whether they're in the school library and you can just check them out. It's sort of like renting them, but without the part where you have to pay! I'm taking two courses and checked the textbooks for both out of the school library and have simply been renewing them.

-=Steve=-

Re: Rent your textbooks:)

cascas — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:22:05 GMT

thanks for the reply! but i got my books and there new as ever! not a mark! thats pretty nice for rentals! I also looked up my books for future terms just to sorta get a rough estimate ... not one was above 50 bucks! Also with my books I received coupons for free ground shipping that saves 8bucks for me right there:) im pretty pleased.

Re: Rent your textbooks:)

henryw — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:54:58 GMT

Thanks for the tip!

Actually, this is merely a variation on buying used textbooks from the previous cohort and reselling them to the next - and that's been standard practice that predates Gutenberg If the kids don't use it a coloring book, the dog does fancy it a chew-toy, and you don't deface it with mindless highlighting, you should be able to about break even.

I don't have the links at hand, so you'll have to plug into your search engine of choice for the details, but there are a couple of deadly serious programs to reduce the cost of textbooks. Another that has tremendous potential for generation-X and the Millennials in particular (who grew up with computers and can sit for hours on end a the computer) are e-books.

I'm certainly 'for' anything that brings down the cost of textbooks! It's bad enough when you have to cough up US$160-180 for an 800 page doorstop, but I'm more outraged at the thin paperbacks that run US$60-140 and really don't have much that you cannot find elsewhere in cheaper and more substative paperbook or hardcover.

Much of it boils down to supply and demand; and a LOT more than you would imagine is a direct response to a single copy passing through several gnerations of students. I can see the author's piont - they're in this to make a living, and they only get paid once the first time the book is sold. Unfortunately, most students can't see that because of sticker-shock when the hit the bookstore each term

Rent your textbooks:)

cascas — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:16:37 GMT

Just in case you guys dont already know be sure to rent your books dont buy!

www.bookrenter.com GREAT SITE!

I go to Northeastern University and if anybody doesnt know this is a VERY EXPENSIVE school.. one book cost me 149 and the other 100 on book renter the 149 was only 29 and the 100 was only 40!! so you guess what i did .. I was sure to RENT!

good luck!