CHICAGO, Jan. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CampusBooks.com, a leading textbook price comparison website, announces the launch of their new "Buy vs. Rent" price prediction tool, an industry first, that helps students decide with confidence whether they should buy or rent based on current price and future estimated value. In a recent CampusBooks.com survey conducted by Campbell Rinker, eighty-five percent of students purchase textbooks online but nearly two in five students (39%) feel they get "poor" value selling their books at the end of a semester. This "Buy vs. Rent" tool is the first in the industry to provide students who are purchasing their textbooks online with detailed information that can predict whether they will get more value out of buying or renting.read more