As students go back to school they are probably having sticker shock when they see the price of college text book. If you don't want to keep the text book you can rent it for about a third of the cost. One little SMS with an ISBN number could save a lot of cash.
Textbook rental service, Chegg.com, has launched an SMS service and a mobile site to provide instant price quotes and instant savings to students across the country.
To use the SMS service, students text 44144, enter 'ISBN' followed by the book's ISBN number and they'll instantly receive the rental cost from Chegg.com.
The new mobile site from Chegg.com is available at m.chegg.com, allowing users to enter the book's title or ISBN number and receive the rental cost via email.
Students on over 6,000 college and university campuses across the
country have already used Chegg.com, saving a total of over $42 million.
To showcase the savings provided by Chegg.com, the company has
compiled a list of the top-five most popular textbooks currently being
rented. Students that require each of the most popular textbooks would
spend $610.53 going to Amazon.com, compared to only $211.21 renting
from Chegg.com. That's 65 percent savings by renting instead of
purchasing.
Top 5 Rented Books - Chegg.com (As of August 25, 2009)
(Amazon List Price is for new books)
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Biology with Mastering Biology
a. Chegg Price - $54.91
b. Amazon List Price - $183.53 -
The Art of Public Speaking with Connect Lucas
a. Chegg Price - $49.42
b. Amazon List Price - $106.25 -
Exploring Psychology (paper)
a. Chegg Price - $38.11
b. Amazon List Price - $100.00 -
Understanding Business
a. Chegg Price - $40.18
b. Amazon List Price - $158.75 -
A Writer's Reference
a. Chegg Price - $28.59
b. Amazon List Price - $64.00