Amazon debuts Textbook rental service!!

[kia027]

Students looking to save money and avoid lugging around heavy textbooks are in luck: Amazon launched on Monday a new service for students that allows them to rent textbooks on their Kindle eReader devices and Kindle apps.

Kindle Textbook Rental gives users up to 80 percent off the list price of a print textbook. For example, accounting textbook Intermediate Accounting is available through Amazon for $183.53 in hard cover and buying it through Kindle for $109.20. However, it's listed for rental on Amazon for only $38.29.

Rental length is between 30 and 360 days, according to Amazon's Website.

http://www.technewsdaily.com/amazon-debuts-textbook-rental-service-2985/

[Gen]

Re: Amazon debuts Textbook rental service!!

nice

[Pepper]

Re: Amazon debuts Textbook rental service!!

Oh, I thought they were going to give Chegg a run for the money. Yuh haffi rent through Kindle. Back to Chegg again for next semester for me.

[kia027]

Re: Amazon debuts Textbook rental service!!

Is Chegg a text rental company? Do they use ebooks too?

[Pepper]

Re: Amazon debuts Textbook rental service!!

Yes Chegg is a rental company, as of my last rental I didn't see any electronic rentals on their site.

For every book you rent, they plant a tree. The renter gets to select from a list of locations. Their rates are very reasonable..IMO.