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Re:Show HN: Book Cheaply - Don't buy textbooks you don't nee... by will_brown on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @02:52AM (#4875383)
Having gone through undergrad and law school I can relate to both the high cost of books and remember certain books that were never opened. Costing sometimes $100 for a single student, savings really add up when your talking about classes of 30, 50 or 100's of students.

I would have used this service if it was reliable, but if I ever had a bad experience - book was needed- I might not return.

One thought, next to the amazon hard back offer a digital version for various platforms (kindle, apple, android, ect...)

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Re:Show HN: Book Cheaply - Don't buy textbooks you don't nee... by vital101 on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @06:38AM (#4875850)
I agreed about the rating reliability thing. I'm hoping that if I have enough reviews for a given course+instructor that it will mitigate some of that risk.

Good idea on the digital version. I'm also going to be integrating with Chegg soon for rentals.

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