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New Alibris Book-Rental Program Available to Third-Party Sellers
Auctionbytes
By Ina Steiner Monsoon Commerce announced the first online textbook-rental marketplace open to independent booksellers. Monsoon Commerce CEO Brian Elliott said sellers have wanted to participate in the rapidly growing book rental market, ...
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Textbook entrepreneur threw out the rule book
MarketWatch
Why own if you can rent for half the price or less? People rent videos online. Why not textbooks, too? Martin started CampusBookRentals.com in his basement and garage in the summer of 2007, amassing piles and piles of books for lease. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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