The cost of a college education has risen exponentially in the last two decades alone, and with this rise expected to continue, you need to be aware of the many avenues you have to break outside the confines of the campus bookstore and to find discount college textbooks. 

There are many ways to save money on the materials which are so often the required reading necessary for an A in class, and the development of the internet has only helped the cause. Indeed the internet, price comparison websites, online auction houses, and super-retailers like amazon.com have basically rendered the old school campus bookstore all but completely obsolete.

Soon enough, the only use the the school bookhub will have is to supply scantron sheets, basic supplies, and alma mater memorabilia. No longer will there be aisle after isle of books, new and shiny, tightly packaged, and organized by class number. Why?

Because book publishers in the not so distant future will be in the midst of a crisis similar to what the recording industry is enduring right now, and whether they adapt and how they do so will be up to them. In the meantime, break out of the confines of the school affiliated shop, and hold tightly onto your money, because you can rent your books, or buy within one of the sectors mentioned above, and receive at times an up to 60% off what you would pay in "those other" circumstances. This, I think, is a stupendous deal, and with that extra money, you could have less stress and more fun throughout the semester.