Online Textbook Rental
Online Textbook Purchasing/Exchange/Swap
| Strategies for Students1 - Meet with faculty and bookstore managers to identify opportunities for reducing textbook costs. Consider programs such as book exchanges or textbook rental programs.
- Consider options such as used textbooks and e-textbooks. If practical, share books with other students.
- Obtain the list of required books in advance of the start of the course to allow time to locate the required textbooks at the best prices. Comparison shop online.
- Understand the return policy before buying, especially the deadline for refunds. Save sales receipts. Keep new books in pristine condition.
- Be certain that a textbook purchased online is an acceptable version for class, and review the online store's return policy.
- Sell back books at the end of the term, by the designated deadline.
- Check the campus or public library for copies of books, especially supplemental books that are not textbooks.
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