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| Textbook rental program may begin fall semester PCC Courier "If I rent a book and lose it, then I have to pay the original cost of the book plus the rental fee," she said. Angel Clark, television production, ... | ||
| Putting an End to the Textbook Takeover of Your Wallet Daily Nexus Outrageous rent, increasing tuition, food and other basic needs have forced some students to make the ultimate sacrifice — textbooks and, thus, ... | ||
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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| Back to the Future: The Changing Paradigm for College Textbooks and Libraries Campus Technology By Fred Stielow, Raymond Uzwyshyn The debate over electronic textbooks and ever-increasing costs for traditional textbooks continues to rage. Part of these Web-era dilemmas ironically involves the willingness to face contradictions from the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tablets, Yes; E-Texts, Maybe Inside Higher Ed California State University announced on Tuesday a partnership with the Nature Publishing Group to produce interactive digital textbooks for college science courses. Next year, the students in introductory biology courses at the system's Los Angeles, ... See all stories on this topic » |
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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| Book rentals rising on campus Ball State Daily News Spriggs said CBX can help save students up to 50 percent renting textbooks instead of buying them. But Spriggs and Suminski both said the number of students who rent books have yet to surpass students who buy them. That doesn't mean it isn't gaining ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Faculty urged to turn student material requirements in on time The Daily of the University of Washington Developed in 2001 by three Iowa State University students, Chegg is a company that allows students to rent textbooks for a discounted price. The company rents "Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior" — a common textbook for Psychology 101 — for ... See all stories on this topic » |
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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| Alternatives to Selling Back your Books The Daily Titan This website allows students to rent textbooks, get study materials for your courses, get a quote on a price for a textbook and even offers help with homework. It provides 14 days of free homework help. Chegg's claim on its website is that it will save ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mixed on Media Inside Higher Ed And the renting trend shows no sign of slowing: 36 percent of underclassmen said they are either likely or very likely to rent at least one textbook next semester. The most popular rental source was campus bookstores, many of which made a big push to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Hundreds of Calgary parents defy public board over school fees Calgary Herald In 2002, Justice PJ McIntyre overturned a lower court ruling and ordered a Peace River couple to fork over $449.50 in unpaid course and textbook fees for their three high schoolchildren. "While some disagree with charging a fee for textbook rental," ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| BookRenter Announces the Next Evolution of the BookRenter Platform Built to ... Marketwire (press release) SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - May 17, 2011) - BookRenter, the largest and fastest growing textbook platform, today announced a major evolution of its platform that will make it easier for college bookstores to leverage their local advantage and compete ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Infographic: The Affordable Future of College Textbooks The Atlantic By Nicholas Jackson The average college student spends about $900 every year just on textbooks. That, in addition to rising tuition costs, boarding costs and activity fees, is making college more expensive than it's ever been. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New store buys, sells and will soon rent textbooks Winona Daily News Hakes, an Iowa native, opened Warrior Textbooks after moving to Winona a month ago. His store buys and sells college textbooks, much like a campus bookstore, and will begin renting textbooks this fall, Hakes said. The store works with about 80 other ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Changing textbooks into cash KKCO-TV It's the time of year where students get to sell back those textbooks and hope to make back some of that money that they spent at the beginning of the semester. It's one of the most important but expensive parts of college but buying textbooks for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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| Book rentals coming to Barnes & Noble The Tech Talk Reeves said when you buy a textbook, you are out more money up front, but in the end you might gain from selling the book back. "With a rental, you're not taking any chance at all; it is a done deal," he said. To rent a textbook, a credit card must be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Textbook options available on campus Observer Online Kristin Blitch, marketing manager for Notre Dame Retail Operations, said bookstore operations have changed with this year's implementation of the Rent-A-Text textbook rental program. "It's very difficult to predict the total number of books that we'll ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tips On How College Students Can Save On Textbooks KVIA El Paso Last year, a new program started encouraging students to "Rent it, don't buy it. " "We rented over 12000 books and the savings to the students was in excess of over $450000," said Badula. All you need to rent a book at UTEP is a credit card. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| District 86 Teachers Request Electronic Textbooks for 2011-12 Patch.com "Students always have the option to get the books as cheaply as possible," Law said, adding that they could purchase used books or even rent books. He cited Amazon.com as a possible low-cost source for textbooks. "That's why the ISBN number is provided ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Red Wing School Board briefs: Prices for building rental to increase Republican Eagle The new materials are produced by Pearson Education Inc., one of the two main textbook vendors the district uses. But, these new materials are not necessarily just textbooks. Instead they consist of workbooks and online materials. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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ABC News
By RACHEL METZ AP Technology Writer Amazon.com Inc. is asking a judge to declare that the online retailer's ads for discounted new and used college textbooks are neither false nor misleading, contrary to complaints by the trade association that ...
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Inside Higher Ed
For years Amazon and other Internet retailers have been moving into a college textbook market that was virtually oligopolistic 15 years ago. Most college towns had only the college-run bookstore and one or two independent shops. ...
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Bloomberg
By Karen Gullo and Joseph Galante - Tue May 03 22:16:20 GMT 2011 Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), the biggest online retailer, sued for a court order declaring that its advertised discounts of 30 percent on new college textbooks and 90 percent on used ones ...
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Houston Chronicle
By SANDRA BRETTING Emely Galvez's used-book website matches up people who are in the market for college textbooks with those who are selling them. As the daughter of entrepreneurs and niece of a successful restaurateur, Emely Galvez, 22, ...
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Marketwire (press release)
Flat World Knowledge is the largest publisher of free and open college textbooks for students worldwide. Committed to making higher education more affordable and accessible, the company provides students with free online access to complete, ...
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The Republic
Police in a western Pennsylvania college town are looking for a man who pepper sprayed a woman who works at a college textbook buyback stand, then took two books and some money from her. Police in Indiana, Pa. say they're still looking for the suspect ...
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
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| SMU to begin offering textbook rental program Winona360 Saint Mary's will become part of a select group of colleges/universities offering students a textbook rental program. This opportunity is made possible thanks to a partnership forged between Saint Mary's administration and the campus bookstore, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AfterCollege Partners With BookRenter to Save Students Money on Textbooks Marketwire (press release) Users can access an AfterCollege-branded bookstore, powered by BookRenter, to purchase or rent textbooks at http://aftercollege.bookrenterstore.com/. BookRenter currently powers over 560 stores and serves six million students at universities like ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Students have many options when shopping for textbooks Iowa State Daily Rental textbooks are also available at the University Bookstore. "[Rentals] can be anywhere from 40 to 80 percent less than purchasing a book," DeLashmutt said. "All you're doing is paying a rental fee, so you're agreeing that you are going to rent the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Students Saving Millions in Textbook Expenses Inside INdiana Business (press release) Ivy Tech Community College says students saved $9.5 million in textbook expenses this last fiscal year. The school says the savings were achieved through Follett Higher Education Group's Rent-A-Text and used book programs. The company is managing the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Stepping up to the Genius Bar Campus Technology "According to our research," says Riedman, "an average new textbook sells for about $75. You can rent that textbook new for about $44. A digital book on average costs $45. It's not necessarily more cost-effective to use an e-textbook. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Save Money and Time, and Just Have Fun Salem State Log Personally, I enjoy Chegg because of their great service and prompt delivery, but if I am looking for an older edition or rare textbook for rent, I will usually use Bookrenter, because Bookrenter, which is the nation's oldest online book rental site, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CU-Boulder students get little relief in book buybacks Colorado Daily Parker estimated she spent a little more than $200 this semester to purchase six books and rent about six more. She said the $10 refund is her entire payback for the spring. With final exams scheduled throughout the week, Shipping on the Hill owner ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| South Oklahoma City's Palagio is textbook retail project NewsOK.com Odom said he's not raking it in with that lease rate; because of the land cost for the high-visibility corner and the high-finish of the build-to-suit project, it takes such a high rent to make it work. Knowing Craig Bothwell helped. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Kindle so-so for students, UW study concludes The Seattle Times (blog) College textbooks are a holy grail for the electronic book industry, but apparently they still have a ways to go, based on the UW study, conducted during the 2009-2010 school year. "There is no e-reader that supports what we found these students doing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Students encouraged to avoid textbook buyback scams The Daily Titan By Heather Houghton While the end of the semester looms and students look forward to the extra cash gained by selling their textbooks, many college students look back on bad experiences with selling their books to companies outside of school. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| E-books taking over on campus WSU Guardian Not only are e-textbooks beneficial to students, but college faculty may find them valuable as well due to the different benefits available to them such as evaluation, comprehensive content, accessibility and student support. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Educational Apps of the Month MindShift One of the largest providers of digital content, the CourseSmart app gives Android users access to an in-app bookstore containing about 90% of all required college textbooks. (Free, Android, College) See all stories on this topic » | ||
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