Houston we have a problem. With the economy in a rut, students at City College are having trouble paying for textbooks. The books are so pricey that many students have to find other ways to get their work done without spending too much money.
As students fill up desks and class sizes soar, there is one major component to a successful semester – a textbook. The campus bookstore is jammed packed with students purchasing textbooks, but there are other ways to get those overpriced necessities. Some students prefer buying online, using Amazon.com or eBay’s Half.com site.
“Online buying is easier and less frustrating because there are no lines to get into the store, to find out they don’t even have your book and shopping online is cheaper anyways,” says City College student Bryant Howard. So when you buy kamagra http://unica-web.com/archive/2016/english/GA2016-minutes-2.html viagra prices jelly from a local drug store. Correct standing posture is straight yet relaxed. unica-web.com cialis prices You can place your order online with discount viagra us, to buy any medicine. Without doctor’s consultation, do not increase the dosage of the online viagra medicine.
Buying online is faster and more efficient for some, but the downside is having to wait for the textbook to come in the mail. Though Web sites like Amazon.com offer promotions like, “free super saver shipping,” they almost always include gimmicks that ask the purchaser to spend up to a certain amount to qualify. Normally, shipping can take up to two weeks.
Renting a textbook is a green way to save money. Chegg.com helps students save up to 85 percent by renting a textbook. Delivery can take up to 10 days, priority shipping only takes four to seven days.
Chegg.com is also associated with the American Forest Global ReLeaf Project and Chegg.com plants a tree for every textbook rented, bought, sold, or donated; so students are able to feel eco-friendly while studying.
When students are done with the semester and no longer need the textbook they can return it or sell it back to Chegg with no charge of return shipping. Also, if students need the book longer, a 15 to 30-day extension is available.
The Learning Resource Center keeps textbooks in reserve for cash-strapped students. They are available to students for up to a week and a minimum of two hours a day. To reserve books, students must go to the second floor of the LRC and to the circulation desk fill out a request form for hardcopy materials.
Electronic course reserves are also accessible to students in the LRC. Using the electronic course reserves, students can look at documents in Adobe-PDF format online at the LOIS library catalog and have access to the electronic copy for up to 24 hours.
“I think that many students would find it impossible to go a semester without a textbook or any other required material for that matter. I preferably buy my textbooks online if I am
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