CampusBooks.com Boosts Price Comparison Engine, Increases Choices and Savings for Back-to-College

New Advanced Filtering, Price Lists, Coupons Saves Back-to-College Shoppers an Average of 58 Percent

San Diego, CA - January 15, 2008 - It's that time of year when students and parents are feeling the strain of back-to-college expenses. This semester, it is easier than ever for shoppers to save on costly textbook purchases. Cost savings are only a click away with CampusBooks.com and, with ease-of-use updates to the Web site, users are closer than ever to saving their dollars.

CampusBooks.com is a free Web service providing back-to-college shoppers with the most comprehensive search filters for the textbook industry. CampusBooks searches dozens of merchants and hundreds of listings and filters them into one of five categories - New, Used, eBooks, Rentals and International and provides customers with easy-to-find seller comments, more cost-saving coupons and up-front price summaries.

"CampusBooks.com is a free tool for our customer," said Alex Neal, President and Founder of CampusBooks.com. "When you log on to CampusBooks.com, tell us what you need and we do the shopping for you. We provide the customer with price comparisons and links directing customers to the point of purchase."

For some students, the cheapest textbook makes sense, regardless of the physical condition of the book. For other students, purchasing a brand new textbook is important because they will go back to the text throughout their professional career. At CampusBooks.com, users choose the type and/or condition of book they want. In additional to selecting between new and used books, CampusBooks puts international texts, textbook rentals and ebooks at the customer's fingertips. While other sites offer various conditions, no other site is currently making it this easy for shoppers to find what they want while saving them money.

In addition to providing in-depth cost comparisons free of charge, CampusBooks facilitates a marketplace where students can buy and sell books directly to each other online without disclosing their personal information. The CampusBooks database includes the book title, author, ISBN, publisher, publish date, format and edition so students can make sure they are buying or selling the correct book. This allows students to have equal footing with major bookstores.

The average first year college student now spends over $900 on textbooks and each year, college textbook costs continue to rise. Industry-wide practices such as "bundling" and increased marketing costs are driving more and more college students to purchase online. CampusBooks.com offers students a reliable alternative to high-priced books and bookstores.

"CampusBooks serves more than one millions textbook price comparisons to students each year by providing results dozens of the top online bookstores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom," said Neal. "We are proud of the improvements made to our site and are confident that we will continue to be a true resource for students."

About CampusBooks.com

CampusBooks.com was started in 1998 by college students tired of paying outrageous prices for textbooks and has evolved into a comparison shopping website. First and foremost, our aim is to be a beneficial service to students. CampusBooks designed the site to offer students an alternative to high-priced books and bookstores, with efficient and friendly customer service. Every member of the CampusBooks family is or has been a college student. Please visit us at www.campusbooks.com.

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