Student Options Explained

Affordable, digital options on the Macmillan Learning Student Store give you real choices about format and price.

Format	Format Options			Purchasing Options*
	Digital	Downloadable e-book	Print	Subscribe	Rent	Buy
E-book - Read online (or offline) with all the highlighting and notetaking tools you need to be successful in this course.
Loose Leaf - Loose Leaf is a printed unbound, 3-hole punched version of the book.
Paperback - This is an old-school, printed book, with a soft or paperback cover.
Hardback - This is an old-school, printed book, with a hard cover.
Achieve - Achieve is a complete 'course in a box' with the full e-book, quizzes, self assessment tools, and multimedia resources--all assigned by your instructor.
Achieve Read & Practice - Achieve Read & Practice is our mobile, accessible e-Book with adaptive quizzing, assigned by your instructor.
LaunchPad - LaunchPad is a complete 'course in a box' with the full e-book, quizzes, self assessment tools, and multimedia resources. You can use this on your own, even if your instructor hasn't assigned this.
LaunchPad Solo - LaunchPad Solo includes resources for your class (but does not include an e-book). You can use this on your own, even if your instructor hasn't assigned this.
Sapling - Sapling is an online homework tool that your instructor will assign.
SaplingPlus - SaplingPlus is a complete 'course in a box' with the full e-book, quizzes, self assessment tools, and multimedia resources--all assigned by your instructor.

Subscribe gives you access to the product for a pre-determined amount of time.
Rent allows you to have the product for a pre-determined amount of time. You send it back when you're done, or you get charged for buying the book.
Buy gives you access to the product forever.

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