[Saije]

Textbooks were pricey when I was in college and that was quite awhile ago. This sounds like a smart idea.

[libh8er]

College textbooks were always a giant scam.

[PGR88]

Poor, poor college students! Why don’t we just have Gov’t takeover university education completely, and make it free tuition for all??

Isn’t that the solution??????

[GeronL]

Why didn’t I think of that? lol

[KarlInOhio]

How much has freshman level Calculus changed in the past hundred years? How about Shakespeare? Statics and Dynamics in mechanical engineering? Electronics? Well, OK, that’s changed a lot, but the others really haven’t changed much other than maybe the references in the practical problems. So why do you need a new textbook every couple of years other than to kill the used textbook market?

[Roland]

I remember a math class I was in and the professor had the textbook he used in college 35 years earlier. The book was from the same publisher about 15 editions earlier than what the class used. The chapters were in a different order and there were some new figures but the problem sets were the same! I also recall that the student bookstore there bought used books at the end of the semester but did not sell used books (they made more money by keeping the books out of the used market).

[thecabal]

It warms my heart to see the free market find a way to stick it to these scammers.

[Kirkwood]

We had that over 35 years ago where I went to school. Rent or purchase, it was up to the student. Nothing new.

[Rummyfan]

Good for the students. The college textbooks racket is a huge scam - require students to buy expensive texts, which are obsoleted within a year or even from one semster to the next. And the books are essentially worthless within a short life - just try selling a used one back to the bookstore.

[Tainan]

Due to a quirk I discovered in my high schools days, I trained myself to 'take notes' which were very detailed. I continued this into college and found that it could be turned into a money making deal.
In my 2nd year I began a small side line of selling my notes. Making copies and offering them to students in my classes.
It worked well. I did not hide the fact of doing this from my instructors and professors;sometimes they would refer students to me.
This went on through my final year.
It paid for a lot of gas, beer and auto expenses.

I kept the price cheap and counted on return customers. It worked.

[Sherman Logan]

Everything that is old is new again.

In the medieval and rennaisance colleges books were usually rented.

[sjm_888]

chegg.com. Rent them here.

[latina4dubya]

i saw a commercial for this last night... i thought, “what a brilliant idea!” wish this was available when i was in school... i never turned them back in for money... i always sold mine on my own...