Chegg lets students rent college textbooks and save money.

Chegg is an online college textbook rental service.  Instead of buying cheap textbooks, Chegg lets you rent them for a 60% or greater discount.  Chegg has any subject you might need, including history, science, and math textbooks.  If you decide you want to keep your books at the end of the semester, you can easily buy them.  You can also sell you textbooks to Chegg online.

YouTube has a good video review by 9malls. The speaker goes over some of the basic services Chegg offers.  He notes that Chegg allows moderate highlighting in rentals, and goes on to recommend the service.  >>>

Factoidz goes over some other details about the textbook rental service.  They note that Chegg offers Biology, Literature, Political Science, and other subjects. The reviewer also notes that you can generally save about 60% by renting your textbooks online instead of buying them.  Finally the reviewer noted that books are promptly delivered within 4-7 days.  >>>

FUCC wrote a short, positive introduction to the service, noting that student can register for free with a university email address. Some users left comments, however, reporting customer service problems. >>>

CNET has a an article by Rick Broida.  He noted that he was able to save about $45 on just one used textbook through Chegg.  He went on to recommend the service to anyone talking college level courses.  Some users left comments saying things like “I used Chegg last semester and it’s great!”, while some said that after ordering, they did not receive their books in time for classes. >>>

BNET noted that some students can save up to $650 in one semester on textbooks.  They also mentioned that Chegg contributes to strong environmental efforts, and has planted over 150 city blocks of trees. >>>

Bottom Line: 8 out of 10. If you are a college student, Chegg can save you money on used textbooks.  Instead of buying and selling textbooks every semester, now you can rent them for only the time you need and save money in the process.  To make sure you get your books in time, just make sure you order them as soon as you know you need them.

Go to Chegg now.

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