Comments on: Handling the rising cost of textbooks

By: B. Madonik

B. Madonik — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:59:46 +0000

Any school that rents or leases copyrighted materials when the materials were purchased for the purpose of a one-time sale, should take care. Although the school (or any purchaser) may resell a text usually a school or insitution receives a favored price from the publisher to help it out with costs. The idea is to resell the book to the students at a price they can afford.
If schools choose to “rent” or “lease” copyright materials multiple times they should check the legalities first. Technically, by doing this, the publisher only receives the purchase price once, and the author only receives contracted royalties once on the initial purchase. However, authors own the copyrights to the books. Therefore, they are legally entitled to receive royalties each time their copyright materials are used. That means that each time a school “rents” or “leases” an author’s work, it is receiving a new payment and, therefore, the author is entitled to a royalty with each rental or lease.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:06:51 +0000

My school doesn’t offer a lease program as yet. However I have rented my books online through Skoobit.com for the past couple semesters and this semester will be no different. They have been around since 2008 I believe. They are pretty convenient and very reliable. You can check them out here http://www.skoobit.com. They are way cheaper than the other rental companies for most of my books and the shipping is free both ways.

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:38:02 +0000

Renting is one of the most cost-effective options out there for students. Chegg.com, one of the key players in the category, is giving 100 customers their textbook order for FREE on Jan 12 from 8 am- 6pm PDT. For details go to http://www.facebook.com/chegg. They are also offering free shipping.