More colleges in Connecticut are offering textbook rentals as an alternative to purchasing books, offering students less of a cost up front. (John Long)
Textbook Rental Taking Off At College Bookstores This Fall
What's the hottest college textbook trend? Must be e-books, you're probably thinking.
But no, it's a practice that's been going on at some universities since the Civil War: textbook rental. More recently, it has also flourished online with companies such as Chegg.com.
However, rental is taking off this year on campuses largely because the biggest college store operators — Follett Higher Education Group and Barnes & Noble — are expanding pilot programs into hundreds of stores, including more than two dozen at Connecticut colleges.
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