<p>I heard from someone that it was a lot less expensive for students to buy electronic versions of their textbooks for use on a tablet (kindle/nook/iPad/etc)</p>
<p>Can anyone say if there is any truth to this? Or is it one of those things that some books may be available so it's hit or miss?</p>
<p>Here’s a report from one college:</p>
<p><a href=“http://blogs.reed.edu/reed_voices/2012/03/the-ipad-takeover/[/url]”>http://blogs.reed.edu/reed_voices/2012/03/the-ipad-takeover/</a></p>
<p>Not all textbooks may be available in electronic version. Personally, my daughter buys her books used online from Amazon then resells them at the end of the semester. Sometimes she even ends up selling her books for more than what she originally paid for them. There is also an option to rent textbooks.</p>
<p>I’ve avoided some costs altogether by finding free (yes, illegal) PDFs online. But that’s rare because they are usually taken down soon after being uploaded. Usually, textbooks are available for digital rental from the publisher’s website and books for required reading are unavailable in ebook form. I choose the shortest rental period for a textbook and just save screenshots of all the pages if I think I’ll need it after the rental period ends.</p>