{"id":566,"date":"2013-08-15T12:29:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T16:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/?p=566"},"modified":"2024-06-26T05:28:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T10:28:14","slug":"renting-vs-buying-textbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Renting vs. Buying Textbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Can I Tell Whether It’s Better to Buy Textbooks or to Rent Them?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We know that it can be a little confusing to discern which is the better deal — buying<\/a> or renting textbooks<\/a>. And the truth is that it’s a little confusing because there is no right answer for every student or even for every book; sometimes buying textbooks is best, sometimes renting books is the better option.<\/p>\n

So how do you know? Well, just in the nick of time for back-to-school, we’ve got a brand-new infographic sure to help you be the smartest shopper you can be when it comes to textbooks. Save on, students, save on.<\/p>\n


\n\"Renting<\/a><\/p>\n

Please use the HTML code below to embed this graphic<\/p>\n

<a href=”http:\/\/blog.campusbooks.com\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/”><img alt=”Renting vs Buying Textbooks” src=”http:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/images\/wordpress\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks.jpg” width=”800″ height=”7133″ \/><\/a>
\nCreated by <a href=”http:\/\/www.campusbooks.com”>Campus Books<\/a>.<\/div>\n

Please use the above code unaltered or include a citation of this site as the original source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How Can I Tell Whether It’s Better to Buy Textbooks or to Rent Them? We know that it can be a little confusing to discern which is the better deal — buying or renting textbooks. And the truth is that it’s a little confusing because there is no right answer for every student or even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amp_status":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[21,23,25,26],"yoast_head":"\nRenting vs. Buying Textbooks - CampusBooks Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Renting vs. Buying Textbooks - CampusBooks Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How Can I Tell Whether It’s Better to Buy Textbooks or to Rent Them? We know that it can be a little confusing to discern which is the better deal — buying or renting textbooks. And the truth is that it’s a little confusing because there is no right answer for every student or even […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CampusBooks Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-08-15T16:29:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-26T10:28:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/images\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Campusbooks\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CampusBooks.webp\",\"width\":680,\"height\":357,\"caption\":\"Campusbooks\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"CampusBooks Blog\",\"description\":\"All the exciting insider info on the textbook world and how it affects you.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/images\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/\",\"name\":\"Renting vs. Buying Textbooks - CampusBooks Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-08-15T16:29:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-26T10:28:14+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f5f246e397779ad750f508d6c5c97983\"},\"headline\":\"Renting vs. Buying Textbooks\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-08-15T16:29:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-26T10:28:14+00:00\",\"commentCount\":0,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/#webpage\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/#primaryimage\"},\"keywords\":\"Budgeting & Money Management,College & Education Costs,Economics,Personal Finance\",\"articleSection\":\"Price Comparison\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/renting-vs-buying-textbooks\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":[\"Person\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f5f246e397779ad750f508d6c5c97983\",\"name\":\"CampusBooks\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfa64dc41aee44c0a239405999e8f0a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CampusBooks\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3852,"href":"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions\/3852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campusbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}