Buying is Cheaper Than Renting Textbooks
Buying textbooks is cheaper than renting when re-sale price is considered.
Students looking for the best value this fall should buy their textbooks instead of renting. AbeBooks.com tracked 10 of the most popular textbooks on our website and compared the cost of renting the book versus the expense of buying and then selling it back though AbeBooks.com.
For each of our top 10 most popular textbooks, the final price paid, after receiving the Textbook Buyback payment, is less than the cost of renting the book from a leading textbook rental company - sometimes by more than 50%*. There is also the added bonus of being able to keep the textbooks for any length of time before deciding to re-sell.
*Prices listed were researched and correct as of August 17th 2009.
AbeBooks also has a 30-day money-back guarantee.
See the savings on AbeBooks' 10 most popular textbooks:
1. Chemistry: The Central Science (11th Edition) - ISBN
0136006175
Best new/used from AbeBooks: $108.95
AbeBooks Buyback offer: $81.15
List Price: $194.40
Price from leading Rental Company: $69.65
Final Price when buying and selling with AbeBooks: $27.80
2. Chemistry: A Molecular Approach ISBN
0131000659 / 9780131000650
Best new/used from AbeBooks: $104.70
AbeBooks Buyback offer: $65.00
List Price: $194.40
Price from leading Rental Company: $68.75
Final Price when buying and selling with AbeBooks: $39.70
3. Biology: Concepts and Connections (6th Edition) ISBN
0321489845
Best new/used from AbeBooks: $97.80
AbeBooks Buyback offer: $64.15
List Price: $154.53
Price from leading Rental Company:$52.76
Final price buying and selling with AbeBooks: $33.65
4. Biology (Campbell’s 8th Edition) ISBN
0321543254 / 9780321543257
Best new/used from AbeBooks: $116.15
AbeBooks Buyback offer: $82.51
List Price: $183.53
Price from leading Rental Company: $44.05
Final price buying and selling with AbeBooks: $33.64
5. Human Anatomy and Physiology (8th Edition) ISBN
0805395911 / 9780805395914
Best new/used from AbeBooks: $149.99
AbeBooks Buyback offer: $82.51
List Price: $196.33
Price from leading Rental Company: $75.22
Final price buying and selling with AbeBooks: $67.48
6. The Art of Public Speaking with Connect Lucas (10th edition) ISBN
0077306295
Best new/used from AbeBooks: $86.27
AbeBooks Buyback offer: $49.19
List Price: $90.30
Price from leading Rental Company: $61.93
Final Price when buying and selling with AbeBooks: $37.08
7. Intermediate Accounting (5th edition) ISBN
0077282078 / 9780077282073
Best new/used from AbeBooks: $149.00
AbeBooks Buyback offer: $85.12
List Price: $168.72
Price from leading Rental Company: $76.22
Final Price when buying and selling with AbeBooks: $63.88
8. Calculus (Stewart’s Calculus Series 6th edition) ISBN
0495011606 / 9780495011606
Best new/used from AbeBooks: $115.99
AbeBooks Buyback offer: $89.76
List Price: $213.95
Price from leading Rental Company: $57.14
Final Price when buying and selling with AbeBooks: $26.23
9. Microbiology: An Introduction (10th edition) ISBN
0321550072 / 9780321550071
Best new/used from AbeBooks: $124.99
AbeBooks Buyback offer: $76.39
List Price: $175.80
Price from leading Rental Company: $62.56
Final Price when buying and selling with AbeBooks: $48.60
10. Hole’s Human Anatomy and Physiology (12th edition) ISBN
0077276183/9780077276188
Best new/used from AbeBooks: $145.16
AbeBooks Buyback offer: $86.59
List Price: $160.00
Price from leading Rental Company: $71.66
Final Price when buying and selling with AbeBooks: $58.57
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