Money College: Chegg's rental model a nifty Netflix for textbooks

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Chegg's book rental
Chegg's book rental

It's bad enough that college tuition will cause most students to land in debt for years after they graduate. But when each new semester begins, college students around the country cringe, knowing that they will have to watch their debt rise with each swipe of their credit card while purchasing textbooks. They will be shelling out hundreds of dollars for textbooks that will only be used for a few months -- often for classes some didn't even choose or want to take in the first place.

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