| The price of college textbooks in the United | | | | to a quarter, a half and even to a full semester, |
| States has recently increased about 25% and as | | | | and some few will actually allow the renter to set |
| a result more and more buyers are looking for | | | | the date the book is to be returned based on |
| different ways to obtain these high-priced books | | | | when the course or the need for the book |
| for less. As an alternative to buying many | | | | actually ends. Students who want to rent have to |
| students are looking at the possibilities of college | | | | register with the website, provide mailing and |
| textbook rentals. | | | | emailing information and make arrangements for |
| There are a small number of college campus | | | | payment, generally with Visa, MasterCard, a debit |
| bookstores that are beginning to offer textbooks | | | | card, and sometimes even PayPal is accepted. |
| for rent; however most of them do not advertise | | | | The major online textbook rental companies all |
| their book rental services and therefore the | | | | offer free shipping for both the delivery and |
| prospective renter cannot make assumptions. To | | | | return of the textbooks which fact should be |
| find out if a college campus bookstore rents | | | | noted because it can impact the actual rental fee |
| textbooks, the question has to be asked: "Where | | | | charged. Some few companies offer to plant a |
| can I rent college textbooks?" | | | | tree or support the environment in some way for |
| A better approach is to avoid standing in lines by | | | | every book rental. |
| going online and asking the same question or | | | | When it's time for the books to be returned they |
| simply type in "college textbook rentals" and | | | | can be packed in the same packing in which they |
| literally thousands of hits will come up. It's | | | | arrived and then taken to either a US Post Office |
| important that the person looking for the books | | | | or to a UPS location. In some cases shipping costs |
| know either the title of the book, the author, or | | | | for college textbook rentals is paid both ways by |
| both, or the ISBN number, which is best way to | | | | the company and with other companies the |
| know for sure that one is getting the correct | | | | renter has to pay costs for shipping the books |
| book. Some of these companies offer different | | | | back, in which case shipping media mail is |
| terms for the rentals, from 30 to 45 to 60 days, | | | | significantly less expensive. |