1. Attacking Prices Ways to save money Hedy Chen Proposal English 101

2. Statistics Student spend average $662 per semester on course materials Most student attend college for 4 years Spend around $5296 during their whole college life.

3. Reasons Publishers can charge however much they want Professors choose the textbook they want for class New editions cost 12% more than the old editions

5. Government Pass Higher Education Opportunity Act Publishers must provide pricing information to professors Publishers must break up textbook bundles College must list assigned textbook during registration

6. Current method 1 Renting books About 61% cheaper Usually for one semester Can’t write in book

7. Current method 2 Buy the book overseas Pricing usually cheaper overseas Internet makes this possible Not all textbooks are available 35.14 euros is about 48.51 U.S. dollars

8. My Method Buy the book online used or new and sell them back on the internet Like the combination of renting and buying online Save 90% of your money Buying books online saves around 20-40% Need to have enough money to buy all your textbook online before you are able to sell back at end

9. Citation OBrien, Michelle. "Average Cost of College Textbooks [Infographic]. Yikes." FlatWorld Blog RSS. N.p., 24 Sept. 2012. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. "FAQ on Textbooks." NACS: Tools & Resources: CMIP: FAQ: Textbooks. The National Association of College Stores, Sept. 2013. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.