Beginning this fall, the Laredo Community College Bookstore will give students a new lease on their sometimes budget-focused, hectic lives by offering a new textbook rental program to deliver maximum savings and convenience.
This innovative textbook rental program will allow students to rent their textbooks for less than 50 percent of the cost of purchasing a new printed textbook. Plus, as an added convenience, students will be able to rent their books either in the store at either the Fort McIntosh or South campus, or from the store's website at www.laredo.bncollege.com.
The initiative to offer a textbook rental program was a joint decision made by Laredo Community College and Barnes & Noble College Booksellers.
"We are committed to providing students with the widest range of content options and price points available," said Kim Otte, vice president at Barnes & Noble College Booksellers. "Whether students are interested in new books, used, digital, unbundled, or now rentals, they know they can find what they want at the Laredo Community College Bookstore."
There are several key features students should note about the program.
Students can pay the rental fees using any form of payment currently accepted by the bookstore - including student financial aid and campus debit cards. For security purposes, a valid credit card must also be provided regardless of the payment used for the rental fee.
Rented books can be highlighted or marked by students just as if they purchased a book and planned to sell it back to the bookstore.
Rentals can be converted into a purchase during the first two weeks of class.
The rental period is for the duration of the fall 2010 semester at LCC.
Books are due back at the bookstore no later than 10 days after the last day of finals (December 10). Students can return the books in person or mail them to the bookstore.
Courtesy emails will go out as the end of the semester approaches to remind students to return their books.
Books not returned (or returned in unusable condition) will be subject to replacement and processing fees.
Barnes & Noble began piloting their rental program earlier this year at 25 campus bookstores across the country.
Response from students where the program was piloted was tremendous, according to officials.
In particular, students like having the option of getting their books immediately, as opposed to waiting for a shipment to arrive. And, they appreciated knowing that the books they were renting were guaranteed to be the right books for their classes.
More than 90 percent of the students surveyed said they would rent from their campus bookstore again.
For more information, call the LCC Bookstore at 721-5250.
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