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We have all heard the adage about being a broke college student. Most college students’ hard earned money goes to tuition, supplies, food, and textbooks. Textbooks can average at about $400 per semester—no wonder college students are broke all the time. But there is a super cool new gadget that is taking college campuses by storm. It is the Amazon’s Kindle. An e-Reader that lets you download your textbooks and reading material for a fraction of the cost of the traditional textbook. Putting aside the cost of textbooks, who wants to break their back carrying them around, especially when it comes to studying for college entrance exams, like gmat prep courses. Kindle’s design is slim and light you never have to worry about forgetting a book. But when should you invest in the Kindle and when is it better to buy your textbooks in book form?
First, if you will be reading books that are already formatted for Kindle or e-Reader then the Kindle could be a great option. For example, if you are majoring in English, many of the books that you will be reading already in Kindle format. If you taking a class on Charles Dickens or William Shakespeare or Emily Dickinson, all of their writings are in the public domain and converted into e-Reader format. What is even better that Kindle offers these public domain book for FREE. Yes, for FREE. While you will have to buy the Kindle itself, imagine all the money you will save if you can get your novels and poetry books for free. Heck , yeah, any college student loves free when it comes to textbooks.
Plus, the Kindle can read PDF files so when your professor require that you have a text document for class, you can save money by not printing it out. All you have to do is download it to your Kindle. You can save the money, save the paper, and save the trees—who knew Kindle could help us go green too? As you can see, Kindle offer so many more options than buying traditional textbooks.