There will always come a time in your life, in your college life, when you wont have enough funds to buy yourself the textbook you need for class and you wished that there was someone who would lend it to you even for a price- luckily, in this day and age, textbook rentals are no new fact to many.
Renting out textbooks have grown increasingly popular, it started out from your group of friends until you discovered this book store that rents out textbooks for a minimal fee and it all spiraled up from there. It also goes without saying that people are being smart about their consumerism- it's very rare for a college student to hold his/her own textbook around campus- almost all of them are using rented out textbooks for the sake of surviving it.
And while you're trying to meet your ends meet, here are some ideas where you can possibly rent out a textbook you need for class:
Friends
You may not believe it but your friends (those who don't rent out books too); are the most viable source of textbook rentals. Most college students who have the luxury to buy new textbooks do rent them out to others as soon as they are done using it for the semester. And it's not even about the money anymore; sometimes they just really want to be of help to other students, the money is just a bonus.
Librarian/Professor
There are times when all your friends need the same textbook at the same time and you can't seem to find one person who's willing to rent out a book to you- worry not- because your college professor or school librarian may have the same exact book, perhaps a few years older, but nonetheless still very usable to lend to you. All you need is the courage to ask them if they can rent it out and your problems will be solved.
Websites
Now if you've really hit the end of the road in trying to secure yourself a copy of that textbook, perhaps it's time you start exploring the power of the Internet. There are so many websites right now dedicated to addressing the needs of students who need to rent out books for school. You may want to check out textbooks.com, chegg.com, ecampus.com, campusbooks.com and many more to help you find that book you need.
The limitations of renting out a book isn't as elusive as it was before, apparently, everyone's doing it now and the places where you can find them are infinite, all you need to do is to stock up on your patience because it might be as easy as you think it is. After all, if you're not buying a book, you might as well exert effort to find out that rents it out.
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