In the rapidly evolving college textbook market, one of the nation's largest textbook publishers, Cengage Learning, announced Thursday that it would start renting books to students this year, at 40 ...

The cost of college textbooks can be a significant expense. Even used books at the campus bookstore can be prohibitively expensive, and the resale value on all textbooks can be low. Luckily, there are ...

Half offer rentals About half of the members of the National Association of College Stores, or 1,500 independent bookstores, are offering rental textbooks this year, compared with about 300 in 2009. A ...

(NAPSI)—Renting is the new normal. Increasingly, consumers are turning to renting over buying for everything from homes to cars, to designer handbags, jewelry, bridal gowns and now—even textbooks.

ValoreBooks is a college textbook rental company that allows you to rent or buy textbooks online. You can also sell your old textbooks after getting an instant quote online. Given the sky-high prices ...

The days of college students' investing big chunks of cash — more than $600 a year, according to the National Association of College Stores — on books may finally be coming to an end. At the very ...

Everyone knows that college is expensive. Tuition alone can be financially crippling and that is not including any school supplies or textbooks you may need. That's why the thriftier you can be when ...

Every fall, college students are frustrated as they scramble to find books on the cheap. At the end of the semester, they are frustrated to find that the book that cost them $50 or $60 is now worth ...

A college textbook publisher said Thursday it would become the first to rent titles directly to students, another option for students fed up with spending $100 or more to buy books they have little ...