Save some money this year.

ABC 13 reports.

Ways to save on college textbooks

Nationally, college students are expected to spend up to $1,100 on textbooks, but there are ways to get significant savings.

At the University of Houston’s Barnes and Noble, you can save up to 80 percent when you rent a used textbook instead of purchasing it brand new.

“We rent up to 85 percent of our titles. We’ve been renting since 2006, so we’re saving students a lot of money off the cost of a new book,” said Barnes and Noble general manager Felix Robinson.

If you choose to rent, make sure to be very careful not to damage the book or they won’t take it back.

Another cost-cutting option is to download digital books to your iPad or Nook for an average savings of 40 percent. If used copies of the textbook are available at the bookstore, you can save about 25 percent. It’s best to head to the bookstore early for used books because there is a limited supply and they go fast!

There are some books that you can buy in loose leaf pages to fit in a binder instead of bound in a textbook. That option is inexpensive, but students say the pages can rip easily.