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Students can save 50 percent or more off their new textbooks when they rent them from the Wesleyan bookstore starting next fall.
Wesleyan recently signed on with the organization Rent-A-Text to offer the rental program to students.
“The pilot stores that tried [Rent-A-Text] saved students over $2 million by renting textbooks,” said Jana Hempling, Wesleyan textbook supervisor.
Hempling said students will pay a rental fee and can highlight and mark in their books and still bring them back on the return date.
“I would definitely use it,” said Melissa Tice, junior athletic training major. “Not for every class, but for the ones that are major-related.”
Students also have the option of returning or keeping the book but will be charged the remaining balance of the book should they keep it.
Tiffany Bowie, sophomore exercise science major, said she likes the idea because sometimes teachers won’t even use books.
“Some teachers have us buy them, and we don’t use them,” she said. “We spend so much money on the books, and we get way less when we return them even if we haven’t touched them.”
Hempling said she’s still waiting for more information from Rent-A-Text on the final procedures of the program, but once everything is finalized, she hopes students will use the bookstore more often.
“I know there are other places to buy your books,” Hempling said, “but when you’re supporting your bookstore on campus, money is going back to your school.”
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