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Tips on how to sell, buy and rent books for students. Here you’ll find tips and tricks along with updates and special offers from BooksRun, your all-in-one platform for selling, buying and renting books.

So many books, so little time. That’s probably what you think when you look at your TBR pile next to your table. Can you read books faster? Is it possible to read a book a day? Several books a day? Will you truly understand and remember what you read?  Should you learn how to read faster? Let’s discuss it today.

Read more > “How to Read Faster”

We’re sure you’ve seen plenty of Christmas tree decorating ideas already this year. But let us give you a few more. In this article, we’ve collected ten ideas that we at BooksRun specifically find appealing, from a Christmas tree made from books to elegant Christmas paper balls. Take a look and maybe get inspired! And yes, we couldn’t but mention book-related decorations! We’re all about books, after all.

Read more > “10 Most Popular Decor Ideas for a Christmas Tree”

As college tuition costs continue to rise, paying for course materials and textbooks can be quite challenging for many college students. However, there are several alternative funding options and resources available that can help reduce or eliminate these expenses. In this article, we’ve found a few lesser-known options for textbook funding. We can’t promise all of them will work for you, and all but one are college-specific. Nonetheless, you can take them into consideration.

Read more > “Alternative Ways to Find Funding Help for Textbooks”

Our homes are the reflection of ourselves. The designs we choose, the balance of light and shade we prefer, all the pieces of the interior that surround us, up to the smallest details—all this is connected to how we feel and see ourselves. No surprise that if we introduce changes to our homes, these feelings change as well. Cleaning produces a similar effect. And spring cleaning is what we all need now when winter is giving way to spring. 

Read more > “Your Spring Cleaning Checklist from BooksRun”

There is no such thing as too many books to read! To book lovers like us, every new book out of print is a jam, and this month, we’ll share with you five of the upcoming releases across several genres—the books we’ve liked and hope you’ll find fascinating, too. Indeed, they are not the only books to be released in January; there are way more. However, let’s start with this set, and if you like them, you’ll be able to find recommendations for something similar—we’ll definitely help you with that!

Read more > “5 Books to Read in January”

Amazon announced the discontinuation of its print textbook rental program along with its print and digital magazine and newspaper subscriptions. The sales of print textbooks and books, both new and old, will stay available. Many students who used to rent textbooks from Amazon will now be looking for other alternatives, and it’s high time for us at BooksRun to remind you about the benefits of our book rental program.

Read more > “No More Amazon Textbook Rental Program? Not a Problem—Rent with BooksRun!”

Got a term paper to finish? There’s an app for that!

Writing is challenging for many college and university students. Fortunately, there are many apps that improve, systemize, and demystify the writing process, many of which have free or cheap plans available for students.

Read more > “7 Essential Free Writing Apps for Students”

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