Roomsurf founders Justin Gaither and Dan Thibodeau launched a second venture called Textsurf.com after the success of their first company Roomsurf, which helps students find compatible college roommates. Textsurf.com is a shopping comparison site that provides college students pricing and availability information for required textbooks. It allows students to easily search and compare new and used textbook purchase options from campus bookstores and major online retailers, as well as rental options from textbook rental companies. Textsurf operates as a free online service with an extensive catalog of textbook options searchable by state, school, department and class title.

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Founded in 2010 by University of Miami fraternity brothers Justin
Gaither and DanThibodeau, Roomsurf is a service that allows
students to determine a potential college roommate’s compatibility,
and it has been utilized by over 325,000 students to date.
Roomsurf’s success has enabled the owners to leverage their
experience into founding the related venture ofTextsurf.com.

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Textsurf is a shopping comparison site that provides college
students with pricing and availability information related to the
purchase or rental of required textbooks for undergraduate and
post-graduate courses. Operating as a free online service, the
Textsurf search engine allows students to easily evaluate textbook
acquisition options for classes offered at hundreds of colleges and
universities nationwide.After selecting a state, school, department
and class title listed inTextsurf’s extensive catalog, the search
engine returns purchase information that compares on-campus
bookstore pricing and terms with other major retailers likeAmazon
andAbeBooks, while also listing rental options from companies
including Chegg.com and BookRenter.When available, the search
results also indicate the pricing for digital versions or eBooks of the
required classroom text or texts. For more information onTextsurf
or to initiate a book search, please visit www.textsurf.com.