4 great websites for college textbooks

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- As the cost of college rises each year, your textbook prices shouldn’t. There are many options for college students and parents to find the best bang for your buck and beat the ludicrous retail price of a brand new textbook at a university bookstore. Great alternatives include buying used textbooks from various sites, renting, or downloading eTextbooks, which reduce the hassle of carting your books back and forth.

Chegg.com is a great resource for students. Chegg lets students search for books by title or course name at their college. It brings up a list of textbooks, in addition to showing its cost to rent and its list price for comparison. Chegg explicitly states the books’ due date and ensures a 21-day Satisfaction Guarantee. And with its partnership with the American Global Forest ReLeaf Foundation, Chegg has helped to plant over 5 million trees around the world by funding projects to protect the environment. Not only are you getting a great deal, you’re giving back to the planet!

Slugbooks.com is also a wonderful tool to find the cheapest textbooks possible. Its main page allows you to put in your school, department, and course to bring up a list of required materials. The amazing thing about SlugBooks is that it bring up prices to rent or buy giving you the cheapest price of that book and compares it to the cheapest prices of your university bookstore, Amazon, Ebay, Textbooks.com, Chegg, and many more! Not only can users search by course name, SlugBooks makes it even simpler by allowing users to search by book ISBN (International Standard Book Number).

Texbooks.com, another great textbook resource with over 10 million titles, has many distinct features that set the website apart from other sites. Textbooks.com promises that all of the used books are hand-inspected for quality assurance prior to shipping and offers free shipping on orders exceeding $25. In addition to great deals on books, if you are unsatisfied with your order, users are able to return their textbooks for up to 30 days after receiving the shipment.

Amazon, arguably the most well known site for all of your college needs, offers Amazon Student. Amazon student is free for the first 6 months upon joining and offers free two day shipping on anything. After the first 6 months, Amazon Student makes members eligible for 50% off of Amazon Prime, which is $79 a month. Amazon Student offers free borrowing of kindle books, deals and offers solely for students, instant unlimited streaming of thousands of TV episodes and movies, as well as receiving a $5 credit when members refer a friend.

There are plenty of stress-worthy aspects when getting yourself ready or your child ready for college- do not let the cost of textbooks be one of them.