EST 1/1/2010 5:13:43 AM
Textbook Rental Comparison Site Offers Fresh Look at the Value of Textbook Rental
Largest Selection of Textbook Rental Sites in One Place!
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28, 2009 — After successfully running a free textbook price comparison engine for over 11 years, San Diego-based Campusbooks.com announced today that it has launched TextbookRenter.com, a dedicated textbook rental price comparison engine.
TextbookRenter helps ease the burden of shopping for textbooks and understanding the rental options. It’s simple price search engine seamlessly presents the most rental options and compares those to purchasing a book. The site will focus on the prices of the Internet's top textbook rental destinations, including Chegg, BookRenter and Campus Book Rentals, eCampus and CengageBrain.com, giving it the largest selection of rental companies in a single comparison.
“The real value comes in how TextbookRenter presents prices for purchasing the same textbook and compares the total cost of renting versus owning a textbook so that students can make a completely informed decision” stated Jeff Cohen, CEO of TextbookRenter.com. "Textbook rental in many cases is a good option for students. Its upfront costs are typically the lowest of all online options. But it is not for everyone. TextbookRenter.com seeks to provide the information a student would need to make informed decision and choose what is best for them."
Utilizing technology similar to its sister site CampusBooks.com, TextbookRenter.com has the ability to search for books by author, title, keyword or ISBN. When the proper book is found, users are welcomed with tables detailing major textbook rental site prices and their length terms next to purchase and average resale from other top online retailers. It also boasts an expansive database including detail on how each rental companies program works.
TextbookRenter.com is a helpful tool in the textbook renting and purchasing process. And as the first site to combine social media, all the rental players and compare prices to new and used books the site seeks to help students find the best deal.
As the textbook rental market grows and new sites establish programs TextbookRenter.com plans to expand to include their offerings. As the biggest players in the textbook rental price comparison space it is surely to be a destination for any student seeking to learn about the rental process.
About TextbookRenter.com
TextbookRenter.com was launched as an extension of the CampusBooks.com price comparison engine to focus exclusively on the textbook rental space. Comparing prices from the most textbook rental companies on the web and mixing in social media, textbookrenter.com is able to provide students with all the knowledge necessary to understand the textbook rental market. You can follow textbookrenter.com on Twitter (@textbookrenter) or Facebook.
