<p>Does anyone have any REPUTABLE sites that rent text books? Thanks!!!</p>
<p>Amazon does</p>
<p>Skyo is who our bookstore uses, and I have heard good things about Chegg.</p>
<p>My D has used Bookbyte, Skyo and Chegg. Last semester my D rented books from each of these places which saved us at least $300 over buying textbooks.</p>
<p>Just FYI…my son just finished his 3rd year of school as an engineering major. I was horrified the price of books when he started. But after 3 years, our net output on books is $0. He’s always been careful to buy used books --has found that any described as acceptable or better are fine. And then, he’s always been able to sell them for what he paid, or more. Actually, in 3 years, he thinks he’s profited around $150 on books. </p>
<p>I’ve asked him several times if he doesn’t want to keep a book now and then to help with the next class. He says that he can always find what he needs on the internet faster than he could look it up in an old book.</p>
<p>Our S also was an EE major and profited from buying and re-selling his textbooks. If you purchase carefully and are patient in reselling (but not overpriced) while the book is still being used, you can do pretty well.</p>
<p>My D is just starting college, but for the past two years, she and her brother have been at a private high school. The school uses Follett, which is expensive both to buy and rent, but what I do is get the ISBN number for their books and just google each one. This means I end up buying/renting from a zillion different vendors, but it saves a lot of money, especially for those outrageously priced science and math texts.</p>
<p>I doubt any single vendor is going to give you the best price on every single book, so your student will probably have to do something like this. When possible, it’s probably also a good idea to buy electronic books. Kindles, etc., aren’t that expensive and the books are stored in the cloud, so if you lose your e-reader, you can still have access to your books.</p>
<p>Yes, the ISBN number is how to be sure you’re getting the RIGHT edition and book, as there can be several that are SIMILAR but slightly different. Our S sometimes purchased books that had lower quality paper but were still in excellent condition and had no problems with it or reselling these books. He and D took it upon themselves to get their books from HS and through college. He was often able to buy books very inexpensively from a friend who was one year ahead of him & then sell it to someone one year behind him. It worked great for him & us. D tended to want to keep books and by the time she decided she didn’t really want them long term, no one was interested in purchasing.</p>
<p>D2 rents from Amazon. We don’t really have a budget for her when it comes to books, but she always makes sure she spends as little as possible. It’s never big enough that we would notice.</p>
<p>bigwords.com seems to be reputable, it basically crawls the various book selling sites and orders them by price when you search for a book. I’ve seen a chem book that I need (Chemical Principles 5th edition by Atkins) for like $35 for a semester rental. It’s like a textbook Expedia or something</p>
<p>We’ve used Chegg for two years now and it is awesome. Very simple to use and fast delivery.</p>
<p>we have used barnes & noble textbook rentals. free shipping back to b&n. it works really well.</p>
<p>You can also email the professor(s) and ask if it would be okay to use a slightly older edition.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for your suggestions! My dtr will look into these. will let you all know how we did with the renting.</p>
<p>I used Chegg for my books for this upcoming term, with only a few exceptions. The price difference between Chegg and the campus bookstore was staggering.</p>
<p>Also, check to see if your school has a textbook exchange. They’re typically unofficial and can be found on Facebook.</p>
<p>We have had good luck renting books from Campusbookrentals, ecampus, barnes and noble, amazon, and chegg. Our kids rarely buy books from the college bookstore.</p>
<p>Chegg. </p>
<p>Chegg. </p>
<p>Chegg.</p>
<p>Go to Bookfinder. They list what everybody is selling, new or used and renting for all at one site. Then you can pick.</p>