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| NY senator calls for expansion of textbook rentals BusinessWeek New York University, which has a deal to rent textbooks with Bookrenter.com, said demand for its programs has come from students. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Textbook Rental Firm Chegg Raises $75 Million More paidContent.org Already heavily-backed textbook rental firm Chegg has added another $75 million. The company's service, which lets students rent textbooks so they don't ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rental textbooks come to bookstore Drexel University The Triangle Online The Drexel University bookstore is now part of a select group of university bookstores that will allow students to rent required textbooks for the duration ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Textbook rental program deemed success Baylor University The Lariat Online "Our company did a lot of advertising, but there's still some students asking the question, 'Can I rent a book?' They didn't realize they could rent them. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Some UNL students opting to rent textbooks Lincoln Journal Star "Why not rent it?" Nebraska Bookstore began renting selected textbooks for the 2010 spring semester, and it allowed students to rent any textbook in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cracking open a good . . . rental? Ottawa Business Journal Locally, the University of Ottawa has "no textbook rental system for the time being," noted spokesperson Nadine Saint-Amour in an e-mail. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Students take advantage of textbook rental program The Pendulum Rather than buying new or used copies of the books, Watkins took advantage of a new book rental program available to students. Operated through Barnes and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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Google Alert - college textbooks
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| Online Text Book Rental Site Raises $75 Million in Funding Softpedia Selling and renting college textbooks is a $10 billion a year business in the US. The company says it offers its services to about 7000 colleges and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Renting Textbooks Saves Students Money LocalNews8.com According to USA Today, since 1994 the price of college textbooks has gone up four times faster than the inflation rate. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| SHU Addresses Textbook Sticker Shock Patch By Marcia Worth Email the author September 22, 2010 If school supply shopping is dizzying, buying college textbooks is likely to induce serious sticker ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Renting, swapping cuts book prices for students Daily Northwestern As lines stretched to the back wall of Norris Bookstore Monday afternoon, the air buzzed with conversation about the high costs of college textbooks. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Skyrocketing prices Campus Times  If these two suggestions are followed through over the next few years, college textbooks could finally lose their long-accepted status as a large ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Chuck Battles for College Book Bucks » New York Daily News (blog) Chuck Schumer is no exception, so he's out today with an easy-to-understand pitch to help college kids afford textbooks: expand a program that lets them ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New textbook law gives students more pricing information WalletPop (blog) There are provisions for publishers and college bookstores as well. Publishers must provide to the professor or entity that purchases the textbooks pricing ... See all stories on this topic » |
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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| Textbook Rental Program at CSUS estimated to save students $400000 Connectcut Plus The new rental program allows students to rent textbooks for less than 50 percent of the cost of purchasing a new textbook. In the first semester of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CCRI students save big by renting books Providence Eyewitness News College bookstores nationwide, including the one at CCRI, are offering students the option to rent textbooks, which could cut their book costs by a whopping ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How to save money on textbooks–rent them Macleans.ca Six university and college book stores, run by Follett of Canada, are participating in a pilot textbook rental program, called Rent-a-Text. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Follett rolls out its web and store textbook rental program InternetRetailer.com Follett Higher Education Group this fall rolled out a textbook rental program, Rent-A-Text, online and in more than 750 bookstores it operates on behalf of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Don't Waste Your Money: Try renting textbook to save big WTOL.com There are a number of websites like chegg.com where you can rent textbooks like Chegg.com. It started the trend four years ago and has now rented 18 million ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Buy it new or just Rent-A-Text The Times of Trenton - NJ.com Last week, a state Assembly panel cleared a bill that would authorize colleges and universities to establish textbook-rental programs, though with some New ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Can't Pay For Your Textbooks? Rent Them San Francisco Chronicle Aside from college bookstores, college books are generally provided by two traditional suppliers: Follett and Barnes & Noble. Another online option is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Myopia and the college student The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog) And if you think this is just about college textbooks and college students' money, think about the number of textbooks high schools, middle schools, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| College textbooks: Forget the campus bookshop, shop online ZDNet (blog) So for the record, the vast majority of university bookshops will have exactly the textbooks you will need for your academic year. Tick. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| More students buying ebooks instead of traditional texts Citizens Voice Like many things in the past decade, books have gone digital, and college textbooks are no exception. Tom Stanton, director of communications at McGraw-Hill ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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| Stillman College allows students to rent textbooks WBRC This fall, the school started a textbook rental program. "You're paying one price that you would pay for one book and you're getting at least 5 books at one ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Textbook rentals save student money Journal Rental textbooks cost at least half the amount of a new textbook. Smithson said he has noticed a very positive reaction from students and parents. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Textbooks go online Student Life Instead of buying an e-book, a lot of students chose to rent their textbooks this semester. This option has similar benefits of cost savings and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Textbook site helps Atlas fundraise The Daily Collegian Online By Megan Rogers One student has found a way to combine his work and his passion: He's asking students to rent textbooks from Chegg.com so he can win money ... See all stories on this topic » |
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Google Alert - college textbooks
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| Stock Market, College Textbooks: Hot Trends TheStreet.com "College textbooks" is a hot search topic on Yahoo!(YHOO) today as students return to school and look for cheap alternatives to buying expensive college ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| College textbooks getting pricey? Renting now an option Poughkeepsie Journal Almost 400 textbook titles are now available to rent at the college bookstore. "We chose which textbooks to rent based on what books are adopted by the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tips for saving money on college textbooks Helium by se Jones There's no getting around it, college textbooks cost a lot; too much in the eyes of many. But that's a topic for another time. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| iPad changing how college textbooks are used NDTV.com Some students are using an iPad app called inkling, converting textbooks to software. "We're really trying to rethink the structure of a textbook to build ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Technology could open up a new chapter for college textbooks WQOW TV News 18 With the release of e-readers like the Kindle and iPad, a new chapter for e-textbooks could be written on college campuses. "There's already a bit of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Could E-Textbooks overtake traditional college books? ConnectTriStates.com powered by KHQA The average college student now-a-days spends between $600 and $800 a year on textbooks. In some majors that number jumps to between $1200 and $1400, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sen. Durbin visits Illini Union Bookstore to celebrate the College Textbook ... Daily Illini During his visit, Durbin spoke about the College Textbook Affordability Act, a law he authored that works to minimize students' cost for education across ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Back to School, Back to the Books: The Value Behind Textbooks Review Messenger By Dr. Joseph Horton The high price of college textbooks is getting a lot of press. Legislators are considering bills to bring down costs, such as requiring ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Renting Textbooks Offers Options For Abilene Students KTXS By Brittiny Barber, KTXS News ABILENE, Texas -- The average price for a college textbook has risen nearly four times the rate of inflation for the last 20 ... See all stories on this topic » |
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