Thursday, August 05, 2010

Google Alert - textbooks

News10 new results for textbooks
Fairfax County schools to try out online textbooks for a year
Washington Post
By Holly Hobbs Fairfax County public schools might be moving toward online textbooks, beginning with a pilot program this fall. ...
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Textbook Rentals - Know When to Rent and When to Buy
PR Web (press release)
Textbook rentals are a fast growing trend for today's college students. The opportunity to rent textbooks can offer substantial savings, however, ...
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Barnes & Noble Offers Students New, Used, Digital, And Rental Textbooks
UberGizmo (blog)
... the first and only major online retailer to offer college students the option of getting new, used, rented, or digital versions of their textbooks. ...
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UberGizmo (blog)
DepEd mulls Wiki-style textbook review
GMA news.tv
The Department of Education (DepEd) is considering partially crowdsourcing the evaluation of public school textbooks by posting manuscripts of these online ...
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San Joaquin Valley College turns the page to e-textbooks
Visalia Times-Delta
By Victor Garcia • vdgarcia@visalia.gannett.com • August 5, 2010 College textbooks are going digital at San Joaquin Valley College, which is requiring some ...
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Department of education opens textbook review sites
Princeton Daily Clarion
The Indiana Department of Education opened regional public textbook review sites recently. The sites provide a public forum for review and comment on ...
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BookRenter Leads Industry with New 5-Star Satisfaction Guarantee on All ...
PR Web (press release)
"Students should not be nickel and dimed when acquiring textbooks," said Mehdi Maghsoodnia, chief executive officer of BookRenter. ...
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Stop Pro-Islam, Anti-Christian Bias in Students' Textbooks
Texas Insider
Rives' concern is that the Social Studies TEKS (Texas' standards) tell publishers what must be put in textbooks but do not mandate what is prohibited from ...
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Texas Insider
Experts Urge Neaten China's Textbook Markets
CRIENGLISH.com
[Cartoon by Li Xiaoyi] The quantity of textbooks used by students from primary school until college has grown much faster than the actual needs, ...
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CRIENGLISH.com
Textbook App for iPhone & Android with Local Bookstore & Library Inventory
PR Web (press release)
Our app is the first technology to offer students textbook prices and availability from websites, college bookstores and libraries. ...
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PR Web (press release)