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Textbook buyback comparison and improved rental price comparison

May 10, 2010 By Rent Textbooks

Don't worry about the recent silence - we have been busy at work for our fans. We now offer book buyback price comparison from the best companies in the business of buying textbooks.  Not only have our staff used these companies, but we allow our users to rate them as well.  Now you can find the best price and read company reviews to sell your book with confidence. These companies do not Continue Reading about Textbook buyback comparison and improved rental price comparison

Filed Under: Selling Books Tagged With: better world books, blue rocket books, bookbyte, bookrenter, campusbookrentals, cengagebrain, chegg, ecampus, first class books, powell's

Thanks for Liking Us and getting a chance to win $200 cash…

May 3, 2010 By Rent Textbooks

We can put up whatever here... Continue Reading about Thanks for Liking Us and getting a chance to win $200 cash…

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Is Renting Textbooks Green? Carbon Offsets and Trees, oh my !!

April 26, 2010 By Rent Textbooks

In our last article, we discussed how textbook renting, in the form of buying a textbook from your local bookstore and selling books back afterwords, has been happening for years, and is more environmentally friendly than renting from today's textbook rental companies.  Renting books addresses some real problems, like helping to reduce the cost of college and avoid the uncertainty of being able to Continue Reading about Is Renting Textbooks Green? Carbon Offsets and Trees, oh my !!

Filed Under: Renting Books Tagged With: bookrenter, campusbookrentals, chegg, renting books green, skoobit, textbook rental

Is renting textbooks green? – Part 2

April 20, 2010 By Rent Textbooks

As Earth Day approaches we are going to start expanding upon our previous post asking whether renting textbooks is environmentally friendly.  The first point of discussion was the following: Renting books has been happening for years in the form of buying textbooks from your local university bookstore and (hopefully) selling the books after finals.  However, the textbook shuffle by publishers Continue Reading about Is renting textbooks green? – Part 2

Filed Under: Renting Books Tagged With: blue rocket books, buy textbooks, powell's, rent books, sell books, textbooksrus

Universities rejecting the iPad for textbooks?

April 19, 2010 By Rent Textbooks

No, not because of the poor name, but rather because of networking stability and bandwidth issues.   I could not find much for details, but apparently several universities including Princeton and George Washington have banned the device and relayed concerns to Apple.  In typical Apple fashion they are apparently "unaware" of any issues, (personal note: I have used Apple products for years, but Continue Reading about Universities rejecting the iPad for textbooks?

Filed Under: ebooks, Electronic Textbooks, Etextbooks, Misc. News Tagged With: cheap textbooks, etextbooks, iPad, iPhone

Is renting textbooks green and eco-friendly?

April 18, 2010 By Rent Textbooks

In honor of the upcoming 40th Earth Day on April 22, we are exploring the question of the whether renting books is earth friendly. Here is some food for thought and we welcome your questions and comments: 1) Renting books has been happening for years in the form of buying textbooks from your local university bookstore and (hopefully) selling used textbooks after finals.  However, the Continue Reading about Is renting textbooks green and eco-friendly?

Filed Under: Renting Books Tagged With: ebooks, etextbooks, rent books online, rent textbooks online, sell textbooks

Lulu.com is making a run at the ebook business

April 16, 2010 By Rent Textbooks

Lulu.com, more recently focused on helping authors publish their own ebooks, is now making a decided push into the ebook rental market. Bob Young, head dishwasher at Lulu.com, states the following: "Beginning today, you will find more than 700,000 new titles in the Lulu Marketplace, titles as diverse as Harlan Coben’s Caught from the list of New York Times bestsellers to Blink by Malcolm Continue Reading about Lulu.com is making a run at the ebook business

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Renting half price books?

April 6, 2010 By Rent Textbooks

That is certainly what everybody is hoping for when pricing textbook rentals on RentScouter.  Did you know that certain rental companies also rent other books cheap?  Not phone books, or rare books, but you can certainly rent Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Book series, the Harry Potter series, or even Dr. Seuss Books.  Many of these books are available through CampusBookRentals, but if you want to Continue Reading about Renting half price books?

Filed Under: Renting Books Tagged With: half price books, rent books, textbooks

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