Looking For Books This Semester? Check Out CampusBooks!

The semester's just starting, which means it's the dreaded time where you spend the money you got over the holidays and most of your kid's college fund (or your beer money) on textbooks. Well, no more! Check out CampusBooks, a service that helps you find cheaper college textbooks.

Campus Books

We spoke with Jeff from CampusBooks last month and we're excited about what they're offering. We just wish we had discovered them sooner! Here's what CampusBooks is all about, in their own words:

CampusBooks.com is a leading comparison shopping website for textbooks. We search over two dozen bookstores in a matter of moments to find you the lowest prices on textbooks. We find the traditional New and Used books, as well as Rental textbooks and eBooks. Let CampusBooks do the leg work while you pocket the savings. And best of all our service is absolutely free.

You can even use the site to sell your textbooks, which is awesome since our bookstore usually only offers about 75 cents when we want to sell our books back at the end of the semester, and then they just end up sitting on our shelf collecting dust. Now you can save some dough and even make some back with CampusBooks. Delicious!

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Welcome To 2009! Dorm Room Light Show!

Well, it is a little late, but Happy New Year! It's been a fairly hectic time in our personal lives post-New-Year, so we apologize for being offline. We promise we'll be back soon with new posts and contests and overall deliciousness.

Until then, enjoy this video, in which some students that we can only imagine are majoring in Computer Science or Engineering, put on a light show using the lights in their dorm.

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Happy Holidays from DormDelicious

The ApartmentGood evening! We're just checking in to wish everyone a happy holiday season...

Happy Holiday Season!!

For those that celebrate, we hope you had a great Christmas day today. We have been, and will continue to be, celebrating through the New Year (it's our birthday on the 30th also... presents are accepted!) so there may not be many updates between now and then.

But don't forget about us - we'll be back strong in '09 with exciting giveaways, guest posts, new site features, and of course, good old fashioned advice on dorm decorating. Until then, stay delicious and be safe!

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Dorm Videos: Wall Street Journal - Tech Dorm Gone Wild

The Wall Street Journal visits the PUTZ dorm at MIT, where MIDAS (the dorm room with a "party mode" resides). It all looks a little dark but the technology is sweet, and the idea that MIT students stay in the same dorm all four years is pretty cool. It opens up the possibility of making your room that much more of a home, and probably means students save on summer storage costs.

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Make Your Off Campus House A Home

We see no reason why your off campus accommodations can't be delicious, too. This post is the third in a series of posts on off campus housing and, yes, gasp, moving beyond that university-owned bubble that is your college dorm.

Once you find off campus housing and sign that lease, the next obvious step is thinking about how to decorate it! Your new bedroom is really not that different from a dorm room, and we actually know a great website with killer decorating tips for it (hint: it's DormDelicious!) In this article, though, we'll highlight some things to think about in your house or apartment that are different from living in the dorms. We'll talk about how to take advantage of all the freedoms you get with off campus housing (as well as how to cope with the inherent risks), and what to do with all the space outside your bedroom.

Undoubtedly, while living in the dorms you noticed there was quite a lot you couldn't do when decorating. For better or worse, in an off campus house or apartment you start with a blank slate. For people who love to decorate, this is great: you can put up curtains, go on an Ikea shopping spree, (maybe) paint the walls, put up art, and so on. If you are not so decorating-inclined, fear not! We'll break it down for you.

The Bedroom: Where The Magic Happens?

Lebowski on rug... it really brings the room togetherYour bedroom might be considered your new dorm room, but let's not make it Dorm 2.0 okay? First, think about getting a bigger bed. It's time to part with those Twin XL sheets. Yes, say goodbye. They've served well under you... and on top of you I suppose. Please donate them to Goodwill or Salvation Army, though. Someone else will be able to use them! Two more key bedroom items to consider: a dresser and a desk. When shopping, don't forget our advice on getting cheap dorm room furniture. Depending on whether your room is carpeted or not, you might also consider getting a nice rug. It'll really bring the room together.

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