Buying books is a bit of a rip-off. You pay for the book and really only read it once. The only other value you might get is if you pawn it off on a friend or resell it on Craigslist or eBay. With, BookRenter, you don’t have to worry about your book depreciating or taking up space after reading it.
BookRenter is truly the new Netflix for Textbooks. When I went to college, we were forced to buy the whole textbook to be used for one semester’s worth of class. So, forking out $50 – $100 for an Accounting 101 textbook only lasted about 4 months of time, and then became a paperweight afterwards. It did become a good door stopper actually being that it weighed about 10 p0unds! With BookRenter, you can rent the textbook and send it back when done. Pretty easy and lighter on the wallet.
Here’s how it works:
- Sign up on the BookRenter website.
- Choose your book to rent.
- Receive your book.
- You will find your return due date on your online account.
- You may extend your return date as many times as needed.
- An option to purchase your rental is available.
- To return the book, fill out the info online and get a free ground shipping label to print and return.
Pricing varies per book. This textbook rental service is offered within the United States. The tech support process in simple in completing the book rental online service. Don’t worry about having to be a student to take advantage of this book rental site. You’ll find a lot of language, business, self-help, and other interesting books.
BookRenter just raised a total of $16 million dollars to serve as the go-to online bookstore for campus bookstores and universities. Yes, Barnes and Noble is its main competitor, but B & N doesn’t offer such flexible rental schedules and free shipping.
