Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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Textbooks: Sympathy for the debt-laden
Boston Globe
Many common textbooks have prices in the hundreds of dollars. Sometimes, students are forced to buy a sixth edition when a fifth would easily suffice. ...
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The Nation: How To Make Textbooks More Affordable
NPR
by Carrie Battan College students currently spend an average of $900 a year on textbooks — a number that has increased at four times the rate of inflation ...
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Textbook Buyback Company MyBookBuyer.com Provides Top 10 Winning Scholarship ...
PR Web (press release)
Textbook buyback site MyBookBuyer.com has put together a list of the top ten ways to win a scholarship essay contest, based on the more than two hundred ...
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PR Web (press release)
E-Readers - Can Portland schools benefit?
Examiner.com
In a previous article entitled "Think outside the book", the idea of e-textbooks and the use of e-readers was proposed. The reason for this suggestion was ...
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Examiner.com
State votes to adopt national standards for math, reading in schools
Palm Beach Post
It's been estimated that Palm Beach County alone might have to spend $15 million on new math textbooks. Under the new guidelines, students in kindergarten ...
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North Syracuse BOE talks honors science, early retirement
CNYLink from Eagle Newspapers
Rice also presented the board with the proposed new science textbooks in grades K-4. The board voted to approve the new textbook package, which will cost ...
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CNYLink from Eagle Newspapers
Retailers prep for e-book education push
DM News
Jim Kourmadas, VP of strategic marketing at McGraw-Hill Higher Education, says his company has seen sales of e-textbooks double each semester over the past ...
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DM News
New Program Can Save UTEP Students Money On Text Books
KTSM News Channel 9
By Oralia Ortega - Main Anchor The bookstore will offer a textbook rental program for the first time in school history. The program will include about 30% ...
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KTSM News Channel 9