office depot, staples. they have penny deals. one cent folders, 25 cent notebooks and crayons. get huge crayon bucket under $12. lots of great deals. compare circulars with your mobile phone using the retail app. see who s offering what to save the most money. you can go in with a couple friends if you have moms and wanted to buy in bulk. huge stacks of construction paper, bulk supplies for cheap. i say hold off on textbooks. college students heading to school, wait until you actually go to class. the professor may let you know you don t need the whole textbook. you can download course materials online or rent them to save money. chegg.com. exactly.
instead of paying top dollar, some students are taking their business online. there is chegg.com. the netflix of textbook rentals. it offers to plant a free with each transaction. chegg.com partner the american forests global relief program is involved with president clinton s global initiative and the treasurer of american forests, caroline gable is director of an animal rights organization the shared earth foundation. the good news about textbooks is that i think they are gradually going to go the way of the dinosaurs. electronic alternatives are going to very slowly and gradually take over. new textbooks are just a download away thanks to the rapidly growing textbook market. in 2009, e-textbook sales are estimated to reach $120 million. that s up 10% from a year ago. the way publishers are moving into the digital age is with consortium called course smart. students go and purchase a pass code to use the book online or use the book as a downloadable
chegg.com. have them delivered to your dorm. when you sent them back at the end of the semester, shipping is free. shop for textbooks like you shop for anything else, that means not paying full price. never order anything online without first checking to see if there is a coupon code. in this case, check out web sites like promo codes.com and coupon winner.com. then search textbooks. i easily found $5 off ebooks. 5% off at khegg and 10% off book expensive. almost $100 for used books.
opportunity for online book sellers to now also rent textbooks online. a lot of people still aren t aware of this but websites like chegg.com have rented over 2 million books to 6,400 or so different schools. basically you go on to the website, look for the book to make sure it is there for your class. they send it to you in a box. you pay for the shipping. and you don t have to pay for return shipping to send it back at the end of the semester or at the end of the time that you need it. there are several different sites out there. chegg is one. another one that s really great rentscouter.com. rent scouter is kind of like comparison shopping. go there, type in the title of the book, it will look for new, used or rentals and try to find the best price for you. chegg.com, rentscouter.com. these sites can help you when you are trying to find textbooks online. i always have to ask this next question though how
the netflix of textbook rentals. it offers to plant a free with each transaction. chegg.com partner the american forests global relief program is involved with president clinton s global initiative and the treasurer of american forests, caroline gable is director of an animal rights organization the shared earth foundation. the good news about textbooks is that i think they are gradually going to go the way of the dinosaurs. electronic alternatives are going to very slowly and gradually take over. new textbooks are just a download away thanks to the rapidly growing textbook market. in 2009, e-textbook sales are estimated to reach $120 million. that s up 10% from a year ago. the way publishers are moving into the digital age is with consortium called course smart. students go and purchase a pass code to use the book online or use the book as a downloadable file. in 2007, college textbook publishers joined forces to