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| Solution to textbook inflation: Just rent 'em
msnbc.com Used books are the traditional money-saving option, but many required textbooks are not available on the used market. In some cases, e-books are the answer. But paper books are still the format of choice. So many savvy students now rent their textbooks ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Textbook Rental Giant Chegg Goes Digital; Now Offers HTML5 Books
TechCrunch Learn More As college students around the country start heading back to the dorms and purchasing their books for the semester, textbook rental giant Chegg is making major waves in the space with a number of new announcements. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| College Doesn't Have to Cost a Fortune: Neebo Takes Sting out of Back-to ...
PR Newswire (press release) Neebo is taking the risk out of textbook rentals and helping students save up to 55% on their textbooks at all Neebo-powered bookstores and online at Neebo.com with their Neebo No Risk Rental Program. Neebo also announced a Facebook sweepstakes for ... See all stories on this topic » |
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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| College students find alternatives to pricey textbooks
News10.net However, there are plenty of ways college students can save money, by avoiding purchasing new textbooks. For example, a smart phone application called 'Coresmart', which is affiliated with five of the largest college textbook publishers in the country, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Why Everything You Believe about Buying College Textbooks is Wrong
PR Newswire (press release) To make the return to class easier on students and their wallets, the National Association of College Stores (NACS) is busting four common misperceptions about textbooks: MYTH #1: Buying textbooks from an online retailer is always more convenient. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| GetchaBooks Letsya Getcha College Textbooks Widdout Da Hassle
TechCrunch GetchaBooks is different from other services like Chegg and Textbooks.com in that the search system is centered around courses. Rather than typing in "Advanced Dance Movement For Accountancy Students" into a search box, you select your school, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| High textbook costs propel idea at K-State
Kansas City Star "The cost of college textbooks is outrageous," Sterling said. "I know students who took on a second job just to afford their books." Buying books can easily run up into the hundreds of dollars every semester. Commonly students have complained about ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Use The Kno App, Other Tricks To Save On Textbooks
Investor's Business Daily By PAUL KATZEFF, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 08/19/2011 05:48 PM ET One area of the economy already ravaged by inflation is college textbooks. Book prices skyrocketed 22% over the past four years, according to Student Public Interest Research ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| TextbookLand Prepares Students for 2011 Fall Semester, By Helping Save Money ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release) College textbooks are extremely costly and finding cheap ones can be a real pain. TextBookLand offers an extremely reliable price comparison service that let's you choose the cheapest route available when it comes to buying textbooks. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Neebo Hires Seasoned Retail Industry Leader as New Area Vice President
PR Newswire (press release) Beginning Monday, August 22, Clancy will assume leadership responsibility for half of the company's US retail store locations, totaling nearly 150 college textbook stores. She will be based in Castle Rock, CO. "Gwen Clancy has a superior track record ... See all stories on this topic » |
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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| Textbook rentals go online
North Shore News By Steve Dotto, Special to North Shore News August 10, 2011 Amazon is offering a textbook rental program in Kindle format, offering students the chance to save money by only paying for what they need. THE back-and bankbreaking prospect of a semester's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| College Students Save By Renting Textbooks, Going Digital
KSAT San Antonio Amazon recently joined the electronic textbook rental business where consumers can find their textbooks through their Kindle or Kindle app. Barnes and Noble, Chubb and others also have e-textbooks available. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Alibris Rolls Out Online Textbook Rental Marketplace
TMC Net Aug 16, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Alibris, a division of Monsoon Commerce and an online marketplace for new and used books, textbooks, music, movies, and video games, introduces an online textbook rental marketplace, featuring textbooks for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| MBS to offer rental textbooks
Columbia Daily Tribune By Jacob Barker Students looking to save cash on textbooks will now be able to rent books from MBS Direct's online bookstores after the company announced a partnership Friday with San Mateo, Calif.,-based BookRenter. MBS Direct, a subsidiary of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Three Tech-Smart Ways to Save on Books for College
Experts Exchange (blog) Not to be outdone, Barnes and Noble also announced their own textbook rental program last August, offering the service at both online and at B&N-run campus stores. While textbook rental can save you money, like anything else you rent you need to be ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Barnes & Noble College Textbooks Options Will Save Students More Than $200 ...
MarketWatch (press release) The company also announced it would offer its highly acclaimed line of NOOK reading devices through its more than 630 Barnes & Noble College bookstores. Already an established source for lower-cost used textbooks, Barnes & Noble has made a major effort ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| New Bill Aims To Reduce College Textbook Prices
33 KDAF-TV College students across North Texas are getting ready to head back to campus and that means bookstores will be busy. But, this school year a new bill aimed at making textbooks more affordable will go into effect. The Dallas-based state representative ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| California Faculty Poll: Textbook Costs Can Be Reduced
San Francisco Chronicle (press release) The newly released executive summary shows high level of faculty awareness regarding student costs and a new found willingness to adopt open source digital textbooks over traditional textbooks. The high cost of traditional college textbooks is a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Free textbooks are just one money-saving option available to college students
NewsNet5.com The days of spending $500 for college textbooks are over. The options are endless to save money or even get your books for free. Traditional bookstores are closing as technology has readers choosing e-books over traditional books. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Amazon Student app makes trading in those college textbooks easy
Tuscaloosa News (subscription) (blog) by wayne.grayson We all know the pain of parting with roughly $500 each semester on "new editions" of college textbooks. We also know the hassle of going from bookstore to bookstore trying to find the best trade-in deal to get as much of that money ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The answer to the high cost of textbooks?
Edmonton Journal College textbook publishers are already offering electronic versions and, as iPad use becomes more widespread, certainly more will ultimately be available. College book publishers are getting their texts, and other course materials onto Ipad. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UH Book Rentals Picking Up
Hawaii News Now It's UH's remedy for the high cost of college textbooks. "On the average we've seen students paying between $400 to $500 for their text books. So if they're renting their books they could possibly be saving $200, $250 right off the get-go," said Tricia ... See all stories on this topic » |
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
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| Used and New Textbook Rentals From Alibris Give Students Lower-Priced Options
PR Newswire (press release) 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alibris, a division of Monsoon Commerce and the premier online marketplace for new and used books, textbooks, music, movies, and video games, introduces the first online textbook rental marketplace, featuring textbooks for rent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UH students offered option of renting textbooks
KHON2 The University of Hawaii is launching a textbook rental program at all eight of its Bookstore locations. Starting Monday, students will be able to rent textbooks at between 40% to 50% of the regular price. The program includes more than 300 titles with ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| University of Hawaii to rent textbooks to students
The Republic AP The school says over 300 titles and 14000 textbooks will be available for rent. The cost of renting a book is about 40 to 50 percent of what it costs to buy a textbook at full price. Books available for rent are listed on the bookstore website, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Do e-Textbooks Help Students Save Money?
San Francisco Chronicle Let's examine the potential cost savings of choosing e-textbook rental over other common options. Both Amazon and Barnes and Noble enable customers to rent electronic textbooks. How does the price of an electronic textbook rental compare to the price ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Book rental a popular option at MCC
Mohave Valley News Students can rent the books online and have them shipped, and after the semester is over, they can use an online prepaid return shipping label to send their books back to the store. Complete information about textbook rental from B&N is available on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UC Davis, CSUS bookstores selling more digital textbooks
Sacramento Bee Rental and digital books are a move to offer students more options. Meghan Fitzpatrick, a spokeswoman for Follett, said 20 percent of sales at the CSUS bookstore last year were from textbook rentals, saving students $1.5 million on the price of new ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tech-Savvy Textbook Savings for Back-to-School
GamerCrave.com Chegg: Chegg has dominated the textbook rental market recently, and for good reason: it's super easy to use. Chegg lets students rent their print textbooks for the semester, and at the end, students just print a label, pop the book in a box, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Alvernia students can lighten load with e-books
Reading Eagle Many textbooks required for Alvernia courses are now available to students in multiple forms. A student can buy or rent a new or used textbook or buy or rent a digital version. Students who opt for digital get a code to download the book onto PCs, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Saving on college textbooks
CBS News Kelli Grant, Sr. Consumer Reporter for SmartMoney.com, offers some ways to slash your textbook costs. First, try renting your books instead of buying. Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Chegg.com and other sites -- even your college bookstore -- now offer rental ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| College students share tips to save money on textbooks
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) “You can ask friends, classmates and people you're in clubs, band or Greek life with. I've been able to borrow books for a semester from friends of friends many times.” Do you have other tips for saving money on college textbooks? ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Savvy Shopping For College Textbooks
Westchester.com Albany NY - Students heading to college this fall may find it easier to shop and compare pricing for textbooks now that colleges and universities provide book lists for courses upon registration. The New York Higher Education Services Corporation ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| CampusBookRentals.com Offers Easy, Affordable Experience for College Students ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) CampusBookRentals.com is an online site where both new and gently used college textbooks can be rented at a significantly reduced price than what is typically found at college bookstores, and users of the service are praising the company for its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Online Bookseller Campusbookrentals Gets 20m In Funding
Portfolio.com (blog) While general interest booksellers are struggling—and in the case of Borders, failing—to compete with e-books, the college textbook industry seems to be getting straight A's in investment circles. The latest example: CampusBookRentals.com. ... See all stories on this topic » |
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
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| HV Capital Funds eCampus.com to Aid in Expansion of Textbook Rental Program PR Web (press release) eCampus.com, a leading online textbook retailer, will use the funds from HVCI to aggressively expand its position in the textbook rental market. The partnership with HVCI places eCampus.com in position to accommodate their growing brand and revenue ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CampusBookRentals.com Announces Growth Financing Benzinga CampusBookRentals.com, a trailblazer and leader in the growing online textbook rental market, announced a round of growth financing with total equity and credit facilities raised of over $20 million. Lead investors included Level Equity, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| College Students Would Rather Give Up Sex Than Carry Textbooks GeekSugar.com (blog) Instead, just grab a Kindle for a mere $114, and rent its textbooks via Amazon's new textbook rental program. Not only is renting your textbooks good for the planet (especially when in hardback form), but also you can save a ton of dough by renting ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UNCP revamps text book buys Laurinburg Exchange Because the book rental only accepts credit cards, students will not be able to use financial aid to rent textbooks. Students can browse the bookstore's shelves where the rental options will be posted. Swiney said textbook rental options will be posted ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Texbooks or e-books, what to buy? WALA-TV FOX10 In a recent tech segment, I told you about the Kindle textbook rent program, where you can rent the e-textbook you need, for the time you need. I felt it was only fair to highlight a website where you can order an actual textbook if the electronic ... See all stories on this topic » |
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