Rent TextBooks; Book rentals from Chegg, Bookrenter & other sites can save you tons $$$

by Mario on August 7, 2010 View Comments |

I really want to make sure my tips are SAVING people money and helping you make sound school technology purchases!

My 1st tip to kickoff the month long series of my “Back to School Tech Tips” starts with renting NOT buying textbooks. On average U.S. college students spend $1,122 each year for text books. The rental websites in many cases saves you 50% or more for renting the book not owning it. I don’t know about you but I wish they had this around when I was in school I NEVER made out on selling books back to the bookstore.

Here is a short video of my CNN segment (TUNE IN every Sat at 8:20am EDT or set your DVR :-)

Here are some of the sites I mentioned this week on CNN:

http://www.Chegg.com – been around for quite some time, some people have called it the Netflix of online book rentals. Ohh and one neat thing about CHEGG is that they apparently are an eco-friendly company,  they plant a tree for every book rented.

http://www.RentScouter.com – this site is like a comparison shopping website that searches for a variety of costs for the book you are interested in, whether its new, used, or rental. It’s like a travelocity for book prices.

What do you think? What websites have you used that I missed? Have/Will you rent textbooks? Please share your tips and advice in the comments so others may learn and benefit!

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  • http://twitter.com/cheap_textbook bob jones

    Another good article for students. With over a dozen textbook rental sites it is getting harder to comparison shop. I suggest using a textbook comparison tool like cheap-textbooks.com. Not only do they show the best rental prices from all the textbook rental shops they show the lowest used, ebook and international version prices. Lets students have a chance of finding the lowest source.

  • Jenny

    I've been doing this foe a few terms, and I always rent textbooks from BookRenter.com. They seem to have the best prices and fastest shipping (and it's free), and their customer service people are so nice…Saved a ton of money with them.

  • http://www.marioarmstrong.com Marioarmstrong

    Hi Jenny thanks for sharing your experiences – glad it has worked well for you!

  • http://www.MarioArmstrong.com Marioarmstrong

    Awesome suggestion Bob, thanks for letting us know! More schools are using ebooks as well which is great!

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  • http://www.rentscouter.com RentScouter

    Hi Mario,

    Thanks for mention !!

    Hopefully this upcoming week, we will be adding more rental companies to continue to help everyone get the best price for their textbook whether ebook, used, new, or rental. In the future, we will be expanding the number of companies buying back CDs, DVDs, video games and soon all forms of electronics you love from cell phones to laptops.

    Stay tuned, and keep up the great work.

  • Gregory Barton

    I graduated from college back in May of this year, and I am now going into my Masters program. Book renting was a Godsend for me, because I am strictly go to school via financial aid, so any money I could save was great. I rented quite a few books during my undergraduate time, and I will be doing the same for my Masters program.

  • Ari111691

    I have used Chegg before and they are very realiable. Here is a coupon code I found which will save you an extra 5% off their rental prices (it also makes you an extra $5 if you sell a book to them). The coupon code is CC107585
    Good luck

  • Don Moulinho

    Visit Chegg.com to find the best way to rent College textbook. Use this promo Code: CC129076 for a special discount of 5% to 11% off, plus free shipping combined. They will give you more then the bookstores for sure. You will find all these services at chegg.com: Textbook rental, prefer to own book, sell us your books, college, textbooks, college books. Don’t foret to use the promo Code: CC129076 Thank you.!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UXA34MDMPV42SCQYPA54TPDACY Vincent

    I LOVE renting textbooks. I realize it’s just a simplified buyback concept but it has saved me a lot on textbooks and lets me know I won’t be stuck with a book after the semester because it’s an outdated version.

    I use http://www.bookrenter.com as well as http://rentscouter.com and http://www.rent-a-textbook.com for my rentals. Chegg is also great.

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