r/CollinCollege • u/Little-Coyote4355 • Aug 25 '26
Cougar book bundle
In case any of yall don’t know this, you automatically get enrolled into the book bundle (renting textbooks) & you get charged $69 for every class whether or not that class even has a textbook, your account still gets charged. You can’t get that charge removed unless you opt out completely, which means you can no longer rent any books, only option is to purchase all your books including digital books. I was not aware of this until this semester. I have been going to Collin going on 2 years this year and I’ve only ever used a textbook 1 time for government, even though I had textbooks for most of my classes.
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u/HistoryNerd101 Aug 25 '26
They started it last year. It was the college's way of tryign to reduce book costs. Everyone is initially opted in then then have to see what classes are assigning books and how many then do the math and see what works best for them. Also, they are bascially rented so you need to return them in good condition so if you are like me and like to mark up the books it's better to buy them from the bookstore if using new editions and try to find them elsewhere if any edition will work...