College students rent textbooks to save money - washingtonpost.com

You may have noticed that your student is spending a fortune on text books. You can figure at least $1000 a year. If you are giving your student the money up front, they may be pocketing the money and skipping the purchase of some of the expensive texts.

Just like renting videos, your student can rent their books for half the amount. There are very few text books that your student will want to keep. The information changes by the year and by the professor. Renting is a great option.

So keep this information. There may be some books your student has not purchased yet - for this semester... Share this information with them.

For the Freshman students next year - gather this information now. Freshman are the largest group of students still shopping in the expensive college book store. Get smart early. Use the saved cash for something more fun than text books!

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