Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Google Alert - textbooks

News10 new results for textbooks
Barnes & Noble Becomes the First and Only Major Online Retailer to Give ...
MarketWatch (press release)
With the online expansion of Barnes & Noble's leading textbook business (www.bn.com/textbooks), college students can now get textbooks any way they want ...
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Buy or rent textbooks? Eastern students get choice
Norwich Bulletin
By JOHN PENNEY Students heading back to class this semester will have a new way to save money — or save their parents money — when buying college ...
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Ways to lower college expenses: Buy used textbooks
Helium
For a lot of people, spending hundreds on brand new textbooks is quickly becoming an unaffordable extravagance. Fortunately, the market for used textbooks ...
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5 Tips for Saving on College Textbooks
SayCampusLife
Practice your urban graffiti and draft love notes to the hottie on row 3 in a notepad instead of in the margins so you can resell your textbooks once class ...
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Deferment program adds textbook rentals
The Independent Florida Alligator
Students can now rent their textbooks through a new deferment program that allows financial aid to be used for books before the money is disbursed to the ...
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Campers find learning isn't all about textbooks
Knoxville News Sentinel
Editor's note: The News Sentinel profiles educational camps in this summer series. For more stories, go to knoxnews.com. Six pairs of eyes are glued to a ...
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Knowledge for rent at Hancock
Santa Maria Times
"I rented all of my textbooks there. I didn't even know you had to buy text books until I went to grad school," he said. As recently as two years ago, ...
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Pitfalls to watch out for when buying used textbooks online
Helium
by Leigh Goessl Buying used textbooks online is a great option for students looking to save some money on pricey texts. For the most part buying used books ...
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State school board adopts Common Core standards
San Francisco Chronicle
California will toss out its current curriculum and require students to read the same textbooks and learn the same arithmetic as children in most other ...
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Scott McNealy on Nonprofits and Bailouts
New York Times (blog)
I caught up with Mr. McNealy recently at a diner in Palo Alto, Calif., to discuss the Curriki project, which aims to provide schools with free textbooks and ...
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