| If you're a college student, or a parent in this day and | | | | College Book Renter |
| age, you undoubtedly know that one of the most | | | | Very similar to Campus Book Rentals in structure and |
| flabbergasting expenses other than the cost of room | | | | pricing, and in general has a better presentation than |
| and board is most often the cost of the required | | | | Chegg. Their website states that it is possible to save |
| textbooks that go along with the territory. But it doesn't | | | | quite a substantial chunk of change by using them, and |
| have to be that way. Textbook rentals are the wave | | | | it also lays out the benefits of textbook rental in a very |
| of the future, and here are three companies that are | | | | down to earth way. |
| at the forefront of the innovation. | | | | I have personal experience with two of these three |
| Campus Book Rentals | | | | companies, and indirect experience with the third. In |
| Arguably the best company around when it comes to | | | | spite of their individual differences, and other |
| customer service relating to textbook rentals, and any | | | | competitors which are not listed here, they all have the |
| problems or questions that may be associated with | | | | potential to save you (or your family) a good chunk of |
| any problems or procedures. They have a good | | | | change, and in the end you won't have to worry about |
| selection of books available at great prices, the books | | | | abysmal buy back rates, or depreciating book values. |
| get to you quickly and the rental terms are flexible. | | | | College textbook rentals really are the wave of the |
| Chegg | | | | future, and a wave which everyone needs to be riding |
| One of the big boys in the textbook rental world, but | | | | given the state of the economy today. Starving |
| this comes with pros and cons. They have competitive | | | | students strive for some degree of frugality wherever |
| prices (usually) but they tend to lack on the customer | | | | they can find it, and effectively participating in the |
| service side, and the condition of their books is iffy at | | | | recycling of textbooks is an emerging form of frugality |
| times. | | | | at its finest. |