I am in such a great mood today, I could float away!
First things first, it is almost time to start school... which means money spent on textbooks... ugh. Now as I'm sure you can all guess, I am the queen of buying used textbooks and previous editions (because most of the time the difference between the third and fourth editions of a book are the cover art, the color of the text on page 27, and $138.00). Now sometimes old editions don't exist, or really ARE different, Or sometimes those books cost just as much as the current edition (me thinks someone has discovered what I discovered, LOL). In those situations, I usually toy with the idea of renting, because the dollar amount is so much smaller, but I usually cave and pay full price... Why, you ask? Because renting means the book isn't mine, so if I fall asleep while studying for finals and spill my Redbull all over my textbook, now I owe big time. OR what happens if I forget to take that book out of my bookbag and mail it back? Yep, I owe again. Mailman drops the box in a puddle of mud then runs over it with his truck? Yep, I owe... My new found solution?
KINDLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had been toying with the idea of getting a Kindle for a while, something light and handy to take with me so I always have something to read, but lets face it, $189 book is hard to swallow, so I waited. Then I discovered the Kindle apps. First I downloaded Kindle for PC. It is free to download from Amazon.com, and Amazon often has wonderful books you can also download for free.
Next, I downloaded Kindle for Android when I got my new phone. Now I have all those free books - in my pocket!
So how does this save money on my textbooks? Well I need a $110 book for my math class, which lasts 30 days. I could buy it used off of Amazon.com for about $50. That's not too bad I guess, but $50 for a book I will use for 30 days is a bit much for me. Guess what else was on the Amazon page? A button that says "rent this title on your Kindle" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For just over $20, I will have my book for those 30 days, on my home computer, AND my cell phone, plus all those web addresses listed in textbooks are actually clickable on my Kindle app! :) Now, not all of the books I need for my semester are available on the Kindle (but the most expensive one is!), but I think for those that are, I will go that route. No more stacks of outdated books that no book buyback wants. Nope, I will read it, then when class is over, it will go away!
Think of all the back pain I will avoid this way!
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