Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Google Alert - rent textbook

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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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Google Alert - college textbooks

News10 new results for college textbooks
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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