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Today,  the ValoreBooks.com Summer Free Textbook Giveaway contest has launched! We want to know, “How do you save money while in college?” Answer the question with a video response for a chance to get your Fall textbooks, free! Check out a sample video, here!

How to enter: Entry Period June 21st-July 23rd

1.) Create a 30 second video response to the question “How do you save money while in college?” (Be creative here! Show, tell, dance, sing, act, haiku- the choice is yours!)

2.) Post your entry video on YouTube

3.) Email your video link to videocontest@valorebooks.com

How to vote: Voting Period July 26th-August 20th

1.) “Like” ValoreBooks.com on Facebook

2.) Select the YouTube tab

3.) Click the “Like” button associated with your favorite video to vote for it!

How to win!

The top 10 videos decided by ValoreBooks.com will be posted to the ValoreBooks.com Facebook page under the YouTube tab on July 26th, 2010.

The video with the most “Likes” (votes) at the end of the contest on August 20th is the winner!

We already know you love to save money! What would you do with the extra money you get to keep by not having to purchase your Fall textbooks? We’re excited to see how creative you can be! Let the videos roll in! Happy filming!

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Over the past few months, we have been working really hard here at ValoreBooks HQ to roll out a textbook rental program! The good news is, all of the hard work is paying off for you in the form of even cheaper textbooks! We’re thrilled to announce that coming this summer, you will now be able to rent textbooks, as well as buy and sell them.  We understand that textbooks can be expensive, and that it is frustrating to be forced to purchase an expensive product that you likely do not want in the first place! As a company that was started by and for college students back  in 2002, we want to provide you with many options to mitigate the cost of college textbooks as much as possible. ValoreBooks.com is committed to giving you the best rental values in the industry, excellent customer service and a huge selection of inventory.  Have you thought about renting textbooks?

Combat the summer doldrums by catching some entertaining television this June, July and August. There’s a little something for everyone – fluffy reality shows, dark and haunting dramas, buddy cop stories, and quirky animated families. Summer is definitely no longer a television wasteland. Let’s take a look at what’s going to be on your flatscreen this summer.

The Bachelorette just returned May 24th. This time around Ali Fedotowsky is handing out roses and looking for love. Twenty-five eligible bachelors will compete for her attention. Although not deep, this show is consistently entertaining. Will Ali find true love?

If true love isn’t on the horizon, maybe True Beauty will suffice. The twist behind True Beauty is that contestants think that they are competing to become “the face of Las Vegas.” In reality, they are being judged on their inner beauty.

The Good Guys look like a promising show. This action comedy features two mismatched cops – one is a former big-shot detective, the other one is young and ambitious. This fun but charming show could be perfect summer fare.

Scoundrels combines comedy with drama in a new Sunday-night series. It focuses on a family of small-time criminals who try their best to go change their ways after the father is sent to prison.

Fresh off her highly successful SNL hosting gig, Betty White stars in the new show Hot in Cleveland. The ensemble cast also features many other memorable players in a classic “fish out of water” story. Of course, White’s comedic timing is still incredible.

The Gates has been called “Desperate Housewives meets Buffy.” A family from Chicago moves to a private gated subdivision, only to find that things are not quite like they seem. Sarah Monahan suspects that her husband has a dark, twisty secret.

If the characters in The Gates aren’t spooky enough, you can always check out Neighbors from Hell. Neighbors from Hell is a horror-themed animated series from TBS. This series follows the Hellman family, who are, quite literally, from Hell. The show was created by Pam Brady, who has worked on South Park in the past.

So, there you go. Escape the summer heat and give some of these shows a try – you’re sure to find something entertaining.

The official start of summer is right around the corner! You can put down the textbooks (if you ever picked them up in the first place) and grab something you might actually want to read! Here at ValoreBooks, we really like saving you money; on books you have to buy for school and also for books you want to read for pleasure. So, before you head to the beach or the pool this summer, check out the penny books we have available. You literally cannot buy a book for a cheaper price than that!

*While supplies last. Prices are subject to change. Excludes shipping costs.

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison		Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey		Rich Dad, Poor Dad What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
$14.00 From $0.01		$15.00 From $0.01		$16.95 From $0.01
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald		Snow Flower And the Secret Fan by Lisa See		Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
$12.95 From $0.01		$13.95 From $0.01		$14.95 From $0.01
Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri		The Color Purple by Alice Walker		Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America by Morris P. Fiorina
$14.00 From $0.01		$14.00 From $0.01		$14.60 From $0.01

If your parents are anything like mine, they constantly try to keep up with current trends and lingo in an effort to remain “hip” and “with it”. Every year, the New Oxford American Dictionary emulates my parents and also tries to show the kids that it can be cool too.

At the end of every year, the NOAD chooses one slang word as its Word of the Year. 2009’s word was ‘unfriend’, as in, “To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook”. ‘Unfriend’ beat out such words as ‘intexticated’ and ‘funemployed’ for the title.

I’m using this post to start my campaign for “Guac-blocked” to be the Word of the Year for 2010. “Guac-blocked”  is the term for when you’re at a party and you really want to get some guacamole for your chips, but someone is in the way and you can’t get them to move.

Hit up Twitter and Facebook. Tell a friend. Get the word out. 2010 is the year of Guac-blocked. Yes we can! Yes we can!

Don’t have a copy of the New Oxford American Dictionary? Buy one from Valore Books. You’re all out of excuses now.