This article was originally published October 20, 2010

Making Textbooks More Affordable


Making Textbooks More Affordable

As you consider your textbook adoptions, you know that value is important. As always, the UNL Bookstore is happy to help you review traditional options like loose-leaf, custom and bundled textbooks. These options can offer great benefits in a changing educational environment. However, the best or most cost-effective choice may come in a different format.

For this reason, we now offer two additional choices to make textbooks more affordable: rental and digital.

Some titles you may adopt are available to students through our Rent-A-Text program, which enables students to rent their books and save up to 50% off the cost of buying new. In fact, UNL Students saved more than $450,000 already this fall through Rent-A-Text and will save over $1,000,000 by the end of this academic year.

Your textbook may also be available through CafeScribe, our digital textbook solution. CafeScribe books provide students with