Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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Textbook rentals may save college students some cash
Burlington Times News
Students can both rent and sell textbooks through the site. Staton said the price to buy the book was $160. Staton rented a second book for $100 less than ...
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Textbook rental program debuts
Washington University Record
WUSTL students can rent textbooks through the WUSTL Campus Store for the first time this fall through the new Rent-A-Text program. ...
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Renting textbooks is growing trend: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
The WMU Bookstore is offering around 50 titles for rent this fall. KVCC piloted book rental last fall with a one textbook. On average, US college students ...
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Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Textbooks for rent n HSU, ACU programs under way; McMurry plans one
Abilene Reporter-News
Hardin-Simmons isn't the only one of Abilene's four-year schools that rent textbooks, or plans to. Scott Harsh with Abilene Christian University said his ...
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BookMob Launching Exciting New Textbook Rental Service for Canadian Students
Marketwire (press release)
Beginning this Fall semester, students will be able to take advantage of an exciting new textbook rental service known as BookMob. ...
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College Students saving big money this fall
WDBJ7.com
They can now rent textbooks rather than buy. The potential savings is 50%. VMI is one of the schools offering a rental textbook program. ...
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Central Michigan University transition to rental books well received
Central Michigan Life
This semester, the option to rent textbooks rather than buying them is catching on, and Brownlee decided to be a part of the growing number. ...
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Rent-a-text
WLFI.com
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Students have more options this school year with a new program that allows them to rent textbooks instead of buying. ...
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College textbooks now available for rent
abc13.com
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Classes are now underway at HCC and UH campuses and this year students don't have to buy textbooks; they can rent them instead. ...
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Find big savings on college textbooks using price comparison sites
ABC2 News
BALTIMORE - Students are heading back to college campuses, but they no longer have to break the bank buying textbooks. New federal laws require schools to ...
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If You Can't Afford Those Expensive College Textbooks, Rent Them
MPBN News
Other Maine colleges renting textbooks this semester include UMaine, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby and Thomas College. The University of Southern Maine says it's ...
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Editorial: College textbooks cost far too much
MassLive.com
So here are a couple of propositions that you can tear straight out of a page from your kid's overpriced Logic 101 book: College textbooks cost too much. ...
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Act now to get deals on textbooks
Buffalo News
By Samantha Maziarz Christmann Buying college textbooks is no time to get lazy. Sure, it's probably easiest to just walk over to the school bookstore, ...
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Buffalo News
Keep back-to-school costs from emptying wallet
San Jose Mercury News
But a growing trend is renting college textbooks from sites such as Chegg.com or CampusBookRentals.com. Felicity Davenport, a junior at the University of ...
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More opt to rent textbooks
Gainesville Sun
Renting college textbooks is now all the rage at campus bookstores and online, with students saving at least half off the new cover price. ...
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Can an eReader Replace College Textbooks?
I4U
... and besides the funds you've set aside for food and beer, you're going to need a nice chunk set aside for the bane of all college students: textbooks. ...
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Oregon universities put iPads to the test
OregonLive.com
CourseSmart, a joint venture of five higher-education publishers, provides 14000 digital college textbooks that sell for about half the price of paper ...
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How to find cheaper college textbooks
AZFamily
by Meredith Yeomans TEMPE - Of all the diversity on college campuses, there's one thing everyone seems to agree on: Textbooks are expensive. ...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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Renting: the new book option for students
The Daily Cougar
This semester, UH students will now have the option to rent a textbook instead of buying new or used, something Marc Eckhart, regional manager of Barnes ...
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New program allows Jackson Community College students to rent textbooks
MLive.com
Katie Rausch Jackson Citizen PatriotRobin Dulek, left, laughs with her daughter, Hailey, 19, while they set up a textbook rental program Wednesday at the ...
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BUYING BOOKS IS SO 2009: College textbook rentals are all the rage​ among students
Middletown Press
The rental approach is being promoted heavily in campus bookstores and on websites. The web pages scream, "Rent Textbooks," "Look for the books with the ...
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UNCW students rent textbooks
WWAY NewsChannel 3
UNCW is partnering with Barnes & Noble to rent books to students. It's often a fraction of the price it would cost to buy the book new or used, ...
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UH textbook rentals: students will save 75 percent on books
Hawaii News Now
It's sort of like a Netflix for textbooks involving a new online textbook rental store. Basically, students pay to rent textbooks for a certain period of ...
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Save some cash: Rent a book
Telescope
By Melissa Caston For the first time in Palomar history, students now have the option to rent textbooks at half the cost of buying them, according to school ...
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Why buy, when you can rent?
Arizona Daily Sun
This will be the first semester that NAU will offer the option to rent textbooks. (Jake Bacon/Arizona Daily Sun) Textbook rentals have come to Northern ...
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Area students look for cheaper textbook options
Monroe News Star
Lake Charles store Manager Marietta Gary said it is just cheaper to rent textbooks instead of buying them. "It is not going to cost you as much," Gary said. ...
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Book rentals, e-books help lighten financial load for students
Daily Illini
In the spring of 2009, the Illini Union Bookstore started a textbook rental program, which allows students to rent textbooks instead of purchasing them. ...
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With textbook prices high, collegians look for alternatives
Richmond Times Dispatch
Numerous companies -- Chegg, BookRenter, CollegeBook Renter and others -- have popped up in recent years to rent textbooks. That $213 organic-chemistry text ...
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Your complete guide to cheap college textbooks
Kansas City Star
It's no secret students are turning to alternative methods for cheap college textbooks. But how many upperclassmen teach Cheap Textbooks 101 to incoming ...
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Textbooks Up Their Game
Wall Street Journal
By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG Although electronic book sales have exploded, digital college textbooks have been slow to get off the ground, in part because of ...
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Inkling brings interactive textbooks to iPad
CNET
Inkling, a tech start-up founded by former Apple employee Matt Mac Innis, hopes to bring learning to a new level with interactive college textbooks. ...
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College textbooks are expensive
WALB-TV
College books can be pretty expensive. "I end up spending like $300 or 400 on four books," said College Student Shaniqua Cannon. "I spent $300 or $400, ...
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U of L, Barnes & Noble offer textbook rental plan
Bizjournals.com
Student loan provider Sallie Mae Inc. (NYSE: SLM) estimated that the average cost of college textbooks this year will be about $823. ...
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Can an eReader Replace College Textbooks?
Digitaltrends.com
Pounds and pounds of textbooks. More recently, e-readers have promised to liberate college students from the heaving bundles of pages that most of them lug ...
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Digitaltrends.com
Can Rent-a-Text Save Traditional Textbook Stores?
mediabistro.com (blog)
Essentially a college bookstore must cater to students by presenting them with every possible option for obtaining their textbooks. ...
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mediabistro.com (blog)
The College Textbook Controversy
KELOLAND TV
By Katie Janssen MITCHELL, SD - The costs of college keep adding up, and many students drop hundreds of dollars on their textbooks each semester. ...
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10 tips to save on college textbooks
Centre Daily Times
For example, it's common knowledge textbooks from the college bookstore cost more than through Amazon, eBay and Half.com. Here are 10 lesser-known ways to ...
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College bookstores deal with changing market
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
That trend includes college textbooks formerly the domain of campus bookstores. The shift from in person to online sales is continuing to force changes. ...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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Cheap Textbooks Online: Where to Rent Textbooks for College
Digitaltrends.com
Rent cheap used textbooks online from sites like Chegg and other trusted online textbook renters with this handy guide. Dishing out cash every semester for ...
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Fly Geek Launches Online Rental Bookstore On BookRenter Platform
I-Newswire.com (press release)
(I-Newswire) August 16, 2010 - Building on the high volume of online shopping opportunities, Fly Geek Bookstore has launched an online textbook rental store ...
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Google Alert - college textbooks

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Get college textbooks for less by renting instead of buying
USA Today
College textbook prices have risen at nearly four times the rate of inflation since 1994, with an average of $900 spent a year, Allen says. ...
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USA Today
Back to School: Saving on School Supplies
Richmond.com
You can find used college textbooks in many different places ranging from the college bookstore to online at Craigslist or Amazon. ...
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Monday, August 16, 2010

Google Alert - textbooks

News9 new results for textbooks
Inspire primary schoolchildren with patriotism through textbooks: Karnataka CM
Daily News & Analysis
By Hemanth Kumar Place: Bangalore Agency: DNA As the nation celebrated its 64th Independence Day on Sunday, chief minister BS Yeddyurappa resolved to ...
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Frugal shoppers tell us how to save on textbooks, gas and shopping
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
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Southeastern Students Save Dollars by Renting Textbooks
Newswise (press release)
For years students at Southeastern Louisiana University have saved a significant amount of money by using the university's textbook rental system, ...
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Florence High School says goodbye to textbooks
SanTanValleyToday.com
In fact, the only contact they will have with textbooks is learning about them in history class. After successfully implementing the one-to-one computing ...
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Cheap-Textbooks.com launches a Textbook Rental Price Comparison site.
PRLog.Org (press release)
PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 15, 2010 – Students are catching on to textbook rentals. Many of the schools now offer textbook rentals along with a number of ...
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Book rental program a good option at Jackson State
Jackson Sun
Starting this semester, Jackson State Community College students have the option to rent their textbooks instead of buying them. ...
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UWGB, SNC, NWTC campus bookstores now offer rentals
Green Bay Press Gazette
The school is piloting a program that offers seven textbooks rentals. College bookstore managers say they're sympathetic to the high cost of books and that ...
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E-books may be future for schools
LubbockOnline.com
By ALYSSA DIZON HALE CENTER — Area schools like Hale Center High School are working to transition from physical textbooks to electronic books for the ...
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

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Rent-a-book concept arrives at UC Berkeley
San Jose Mercury News
26, but they won't have any trouble renting another back-to-school staple: textbooks. The Cal Student Store now allows students to rent select course texts ...
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CourseSmart for iPad: Gain Access to 90 Percent of "Core Textbooks"
Notebooks.com
Though previously available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and computer, CourseSmart for iPad allows students to easily view textbooks and add notes during ...
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Smart spending: Pay less for textbooks
Myrtle Beach Sun News
By Sarah Skidmore - AP In addition to skyrocketing tuition comes the cost of textbooks, which the US Government Accountability Office says has risen twice ...
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Myrtle Beach Sun News
Jackson State offers textbooks for rent
Jackson Sun
BY NED HUNTER Catie Stewart pulled the orange biology textbook from the shelf, checked the course number against her class schedule, and sighed. ...
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Textbook rentals -- new chapter in lowering the cost of college
Times Herald-Record
A new law requires colleges to tell students the required textbooks and price when registering for classes.CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record By Alyssa Sunkin ...
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Best websites for used textbooks
Helium
by Darlene Michaud Textbooks can cost a lot of money. But you can save a bundle by buying used textbooks. There are many websites that specialize in selling ...
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Textbook rentals help students on a budget
KAIT
ASU is the only university around Region 8 providing a Textbook Rental Program, and when you're a college student living on a budget, anything that can help ...
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Textbook law helps students
Louisville Courier-Journal
AP • August 14, 2010 The fall semester is around the corner, meaning college students will soon be shelling out big money for textbooks. ...
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Textbooks: Horrendous cost
Charleston Gazette
One college cost could be avoided: the outrageous price of textbooks. In this snowballing cyber age, digitized texts can be provided for only pennies on CDs ...
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Letters: We deserve the government we get
MLive.com
I looked through some of our public school textbooks and never saw it mentioned even once. Years ago, the people sent to Washington to pass laws on our ...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

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Barnes & Noble expands textbook rental program
Las Vegas Sun
The books are offered for at least 50 percent off the purchase of a new textbook and users can return rental textbooks either in stores or by mail after ...
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Ark. Students Can Now Rent College Textbooks
KHBS-KHOG Northwest Arkansas
Fayetteville, Ark. -- Students at several Arkansas universities now have the option of renting textbooks instead of buying them. ...
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Where to Rent Cheap Textbooks Online for College
Digitaltrends.com
We show you where to rent cheap textbooks online from sites like Chegg and other trusted online book renters. Dishing out cash every semester for new books ...
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Digitaltrends.com
History grant means professional development, new textbooks and new programs
Arlington Advocate
According to Dunne, some of the textbooks used in fifth-grade classrooms were published in 1988. Bodie said she was particularly pleased with this portion ...
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EPCC dean's assistants allegedly over-ordered, sold teachers' textbooks
El Paso Times
By Maggie Ybarra \ El Paso Times EL PASO -- Two assistants to an El Paso Community College dean who were arrested this week ran a college textbook scam for ...
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Ministry mulls digital textbook project
TMC Net
Nakamura said the ministry will need to determine whether it is necessary to study the affect of using digital textbooks on kids' health. ...
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Digital textbooks finally a viable, cheap textbook solution
WalletPop (blog)
Digital textbooks, or eTextbooks, have long been on the horizon of higher education, offering the promise of timely but cheap textbooks that could be ...
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Textbook Troubles? You No Longer Have To Buy
KOLO
The average student at the University of Nevada Reno will spend between $300 to $800 each semester on textbooks. To help lower the costs for students, ...
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