{"id":406,"date":"2015-08-25T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=406"},"modified":"2021-07-19T13:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:29:15","slug":"bargain-textbook-alternatives-abound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/bargain-textbook-alternatives-abound\/","title":{"rendered":"Bargain Book Alternatives Abound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are numerous options to finding lower cost textbooks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some options to get you started:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chegg.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chegg\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chegg allows students to rent or buy their textbooks for a cheaper price, as well as sell their old textbooks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A used copy of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environment<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Peter H. Raven, a required text for Biology &amp; Environment (BCS1050), is listed as low as $55.99 on Chegg. At the bookstore it costs $106.25.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some popular textbooks on the website give students access to online versions of the textbook to use while they wait for the physical book to come in the mail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To return the textbooks, students must save the box their books came in, print the shipping label from the website, pack their textbooks, and drop it off at a local UPS store.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-Used-Textbooks-Books\/b?node=465600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon lets students buy or rent old or used textbooks for a cheaper price. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/the-ebook-revolution-tradition-versus-technology\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Ebooks<\/span><\/a> are available for rent as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students can trade their textbooks for Amazon gift cards &#8211; even textbooks not purchased from Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a due date to return the books with a shipping label printed from Amazon\u2019s website. The company offers two-day free shipping when students join Amazon Student. <\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b> <a href=\"http:\/\/occupythebookstore.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupy The Bookstore<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Occupy The Bookstore is an extension that can only be used on Google Chrome. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When students go onto their campus bookstore\u2019s website to find their textbooks, the Occupy The Bookstore app immediately turns on and searches for other websites where the book can either be rented or bought as new or used.<br \/>\n[sam id=&#8221;6&#8243; name=&#8221;UF Online Ad&#8221; codes=&#8221;true&#8221;]\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wolfson Campus bookstore\u2019s website listed \u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Government, 2014 Election Edition<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Larry J. Sabato, a required text to American Federal Government (POS2041), at $94.00.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Occupy The Bookstore found that Abebooks was selling the same book for $80.00.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><b> <a href=\"http:\/\/texts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texts.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texts.com compares textbook prices. It is a student-to-student textbook marketplace wrapped inside a price-comparison engine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All students have to do is enter the title or ISBN number of the textbook, and then Texts.com gives a list of website where the book is sold or offered for rent. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So instead of paying $161.75 at the Campus bookstore for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iSpeak<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Paul Nelson, a required text for Intro to Public Speaking (SPC2608), Texts.com showed a student can rent the book at eCampus $56.59.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdc.edu\/main\/save\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Access Via Exchange Program (S.A.V.E.)<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.A.V.E. is a textbook rental program at North Campus and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Carrie P. 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Students then pay $35.00 in cash or with a credit or debit card at MDC-NC bursar\u2019s office and present the receipt of payment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students must be enrolled in the class that the textbook correlates to and are advised to wait until the first day of class to make sure the textbook needed is the correct edition.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.effollett.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rent-A-Text<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rent-A-Text allows students to rent old or new textbooks directly from the campus bookstore or the campus bookstore\u2019s website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf there\u2019s an established use for a book at MDC, or a faculty commits to using a title for multiple terms, it is very likely it\u2019s available for rent,\u201d Elio Distaola, Director of Communication at Follett, said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are numerous options to finding lower cost textbooks. Here are some options to get you started: Chegg\u00a0 Chegg allows students to rent or buy their textbooks for a cheaper price, as well as sell their old textbooks. A used copy of Environment by Peter H. 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