Hey Everyone,
Hope you all enjoyed your holidays and had a chance to relax! I enjoyed being able to get home for a few weeks and not being forced to work on papers or study for exams. Even though break has been great, it’s quickly coming to a close. Classes haven’t started yet, I’m still beginning to get ready and making sure I’m prepared for the semester.
Starting the semester is something dreaded by all college students. It’s not that we aren’t excited to start new courses and see old friends in class. I’m usually pretty excited for the beginning of the semester, it’s not usually strenuous and eases you back into a school schedule. But the major downside of the new semester…is buying textbooks. Students line up to spend all the money they worked so hard to earn over the break on really expensive course books that they might not read a lot, if at all.
There are a lot of different ways to lower the costs of books. If you buy them early enough, you can get them used or even rent the textbooks you know you won’t use again. If you’re interested in being more high-tech, however, there’s another option for you as well.
Over break, my parents got me an e-reader, the Nook from Barnes and Noble. I’m a huge fan of reading to begin with, so this was the perfect gift, but after some research I found out that I can download textbooks to it as well! The textbooks are actually cheaper in e-book format and you don’t have to worry about selling the books back. It’s also easy to look up information with e-books and most e-readers include a built-in dictionary that can define words as you’re reading!
Nook
Companies are making e-textbooks for all formats of e-readers so anyone can use this as an alternative to a traditional books. Great way to save money, and I hope it will make it easier for me to read for fun during the semester too. Thats all from me for now! Till next time,
-Taylor
