Renting Books
Have you ever thought how to save some money from buying books for college? Well, forget about buying anything! Rent the books, like I did on “www.chegg.com”, the online web-page where students and everyone else can find the books to rent instead of buying them and spending more money.
When I heard about the website for the first time from a student who studies at the same college as me, I was surprised that renting books through the internet is even possible, because I did not realize before, that this kind of service is provided for people online. This ad is unique to the students’ audience primarily. Socially and culturally, it addresses issues of saving money.
Once I visited the renting page, and I paid for some books, I liked everything about it. The idea of giving students an opportunity to save some money attracted and even forced me to tell some of my friends about a great chance to get the books for a cheaper price. I was very happy not to overpay for books, which I need for one semester only. I also liked the way the page looks: quite friendly and attractive with orange color, showing the following steps of ordering books and shipping. The non-stop counting timer shows how much money the website helped students to save. On the bottom of the page there are some comments from the students about how happy they are to rent the books, and the box with the thirty-days guarantee terms.
Another thing that also impressed me about www.chegg.com is that it had all kinds of books I needed for my classes, and it was absolutely easy to find all of them by using the search bar. Moreover, I could switch the date that I needed to return my books. It left a positive impression about the web-page service as well.
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...ercharged. Unfortunately, many students, including myself, feel overcharged in the beginning of semester after paying more than five hundred dollars for books from the college store. Of course, some students do not really care about how much money they spend for books. However, the over students can not effort buying expensive books, because they try to save some money to pay for tuition.
That is why I was very excited when I found the renting books advertisement in the internet. I did not have enough money to buy all the books from the college store. Thus, after using the website, I saved about five hundred dollars on my English, Accounting, History, Economics, Business, and Anthropology books. It is a great feeling when you save some money in a smart way. Next semester I am definitely going to rent from www.chegg.com again, and invite my friends to rent with me.
491). The inflated prices of textbooks contribute to the used textbook industry because the bookstores get nearly double the price of the author. If the bookstores don’t sell the copies, they send the left over books back to the company and get a full refund. The bookstores have nothing to lose and they are making a substantial amount of money because of the resale value. I agree that textbooks are overpriced because of the claim Roediger makes when stating that textbook prices are too high for students to afford. The bookstore has nothing to lose because they do not lose any money if the books are not sold, while the students are suffering. The bookstore loses no money if students don’t purchase the book because if there is a large number of books left over, the bookstore sends them back. Roediger says “If books are not sold, they are retuned to the company for a full price refund. It’s a no-risk business” (Roediger, pg. 492). He recognizes that this textbook company is a no risk business and the side benefitting from this company is the one making all the money; the textbook companies are constantly winning. On the other end of things though, students need their textbooks to learn and have to pay the price listed for each textbook. An average full time college student enrolls in 15 credit hours which balances out to taking around five classes per
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Richard Wright, in his essay “Discovering Books,” explains how reading books changed his outlook on life and eventually his life itself. The first book that widened his horizons was an overtly controversial book by H. L. Mencken. I have a story not so dissimilar from his.
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It is a quite nice, which made it easier to accomplish my assignments. When I needed to print out a paper for a class, I would use the printer available at the library. There were times, I would even scan or copy documents that were job related. When professors assigned group projects, it became challenging trying to find a location where members of the group can meet and complete the assignment. Another service the library offers is the group study room. Students and facility are able to reserve the room for academic purposes.
A similar interest group is the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) at the Rutgers University. According to studentpirgs.org, NJPIRG students have been “working in conjunction to help lower the financial burden of college students.” Researching the issue, NJPIRG students found out that students pay around $ 1’500 per year for textbook. They so decided to create a program (OAT) to incentivize professors to switch to open textbooks. “The program awards 32 grants worth $1,000 each to faculty and instructors across the university who chose to adopt, remix or create a free or low cost textbook, as an alternative to traditional course materials.” The OAT program saved students a total of 1.6 million in solely two
... student fees going to help with textbook purchase they go towards the purchase of a digital notebook or computer or similar device. Whether these are a Mac platform or a Microsoft platform we will need to be ready to make these changes.
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