#slugbooks

You’re a college student. You’re not rolling in cash, though you wish you were.

So when you’re assigned $100, $200, and sometimes even $400 textbooks, there’s no way you can pay that much.

Try these options instead.

1. Price comparison sites

Websites like SlugbooksandBigWords will allow you to compare used and rental textbook prices from a variety of websites, allowing you to find the cheapest way to get those books.

2. “Rent” from the library

Don’t want to spend any money at all? It’s a stretch, but check with your school library. They might have the textbook you need on reserve, and then you can just visit it when you need it!

3. Get an alternative with built-in study tools

The website Boundless offers a $19.99 digital alternative that is aligned to your assigned textbook and also includes flashcards, quizzes, and study reminders. With these textbook alternatives you can study on-the-go!

4. Share with a friend

If you have a friend in your class with you, split the cost of the textbook and share it. This way, you’ll also have a study buddy! (Make sure you trust your friend if you choose this option!)

Hope this helps – you should have no problem saving money on textbooks now.

Now go rock the semester and enjoy the sound of the extra change in your pocket.

We don’t usually post about things we’re doing on tumblr, but figured we’d make an exception here and see how far the community can spread this on the interwebz.

This week we launched a Kickstarter to make the cartoons that you see on our tumblr blog and website into plush toys! The overall idea is that people are starting to really hate books, and it’s because of the high prices that textbooks cost. So these plush toys are going to #ENDBOOKHATE once and for all!

The more we raise, the more additional textbook subjects we will be adding as stretch goals - so please, join help us blow this up. Every reblog helps.

Some photos of the initial characters that are available are below, along with the animated kickstarter video!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slugbooks/endbookhate-with-plush-textbook-toys/