Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Google Alert - rent textbook

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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 ...
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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. ...
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New rental program decreases textbook costs
The State Press
Director of Bookstores Val Ross, a parent of college students, knows too well that students and their families struggle to pay for textbooks and said ASU's new option to rent textbooks could offer financial relief. "Textbooks are expensive, of course, ...
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Alibris Marketplace Runs Contest to Encourage Textbook Rentals
Auctionbytes
By Ina Steiner Online booksellers now have a way to rent their textbook inventory as they find themselves increasingly competing with textbook rental programs from such sites as Chegg, BookRenter and CampusBookRentals. (Even Amazon launched a textbook ...
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Auctionbytes
Renting Textbook Advice from the Cheap Chick
FOX 9 News
With one quick Google search, I found NINE different sites offering textbook rentals. That's not including Barnes and Noble.com, who also offer a textbook rental program. 4. Check to see how long the rental is good for, and whether or not they offer a ...
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FOX 9 News
New lower-price Kindle with ads arrives
USA Today (blog)
Another feature that may attract the back-to-school crowd is the device's Kindle Textbook Rental service, which lets customers rent books for up to 360 days at up to 80% off the textbook list price. "With Kindle 3G, you never have to find or pay for a ...
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USA Today (blog)
Textbook purchasing options plentiful
Oklahoma Daily
A complication that arises when renting textbooks is that some textbooks are used for more than one class level. For instance, Elementary Algebra and Intermediate Algebra classes use the same text; therefore, you would need to rent the text for more ...
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Oklahoma Daily
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 ...
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Google Alert - college textbooks

News10 new results for college textbooks
Life Inc.: Finding cheap textbooks on the web
msnbc.com
Here are Cheapism's top picks for college textbooks sites. Textbook rental site Chegg.com offers 2.4 million titles and gives students the option to send books back for free or buy them at the end of the term. Students can also buy and sell books. ...
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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, ...
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Study up on these 5 ways to save on college textbooks
Reuters Blogs (blog)
The average college student spends $1137 a year for textbooks and other course materials, up from $988 three years ago according to collegeboard.org. There are some cases where students just can't avoid buying new books, especially if the new edition ...
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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. ...
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The Bucks Guide to Finding Cheap Textbooks: 3rd Edition
New York Times (blog)
By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD Courtesy of Textbook RebellionThe "Textbook Rebel" battles it out with "Mr. $200 Textbook" as part of a campaign to raise awareness about escalating book prices and cheaper alternatives. Exorbitant college textbook prices have ...
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New York Times (blog)
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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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A textbook case for digital learning
Sydney Morning Herald
"Students find it difficult to afford the steep upfront cost of textbooks each semester, and moves to make access easier are welcome," says Jesse Marshall, national president of the union. Mr Marshall says e-textbook rental schemes, such as the Amazon ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Yet Another Textbook Rental Ecommerce Solution - Alibris
ZippyCart
By the ZippyCart Content Team In much the same way as ABE.com is an online marketplace for a variety of different booksellers all piled together into one ecommerce solution, Alibris is bringing together various textbook rental outlets. ...
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ZippyCart
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 ...
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Google Alert - college textbooks

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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Google Alert - rent textbook

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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 ...
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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 ...
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Textbook Rental Growing On College Campuses
mediabistro.com
By Dianna Dilworth on August 9, 2011 12:38 AM Students preparing to go back to school this year will have new textbook options, as more companies are renting textbooks. Barnes & Noble started renting them last year, Amazon just joined the game, ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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, ...
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Google Alert - college textbooks

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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 ...
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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? ...
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How to Save Big on College Textbooks
TechNewsDaily
The largest independent textbook exchange program is hosted by eBay on half.com. How you choose to save on college textbooks is up to you. But one thing is sure ― the days of lugging a pile of books to the library are over.
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TechNewsDaily
11 ways to save on college textbooks
ABC Action News
With college prices soaring, every dime counts. Prices for textbook are rising at an average of $900 per year. It doesn't take a college education to figure out there are alternatives to traditional outlets, but incoming freshmen don't always know the ...
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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 ...
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Inkling opens textbooks on the iPad
USA Today
By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY Matt MacInnis believes college textbooks are heavy, expensive and outdated. That's why he decided to reinvent them as a multimedia experience for the iPad. By Martin E. Klimek, for USA TODAY Matt MacInnis is founder and ...
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USA Today
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 ...
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Local textbook dealers say they are adjusting to changing market
Russellville Courier
Batcheller said the rental option for textbooks was brought to the forefront by Chegg, a Netflix equivalent for college textbooks, where students receive a book by mail and return it by mail when they are finished with it. “They're the largest online ...
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Russellville Courier
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. ...
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011

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Amazon launches Kindle textbook rentals
Christian Science Monitor
Kindle textbook rentals will allow students to rent Kindle versions of textbooks for short periods of time and at a low, low price. Renting a digital text can save students as much as 80 percent over the price of buying a dead-tree book. ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Kindle launches textbook rentals
SheKnows.com
Last week, Amazon.com launched its hottest new e-book product with its Kindle textbook rental service -- college students can now rent digital versions of the textbooks they need for up to 80 percent off the retail price. Sounds great, right? ...
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SheKnows.com
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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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eBay Tests Book-Rental Program on Half.com
Auctionbytes
Alibris allows its third-party booksellers to participate in book rentals on its platform. Online booksellers already face competition from textbook rental programs such as Chegg and Bookrenter, and Amazon.com recently announced a textbook rental ...
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Auctionbytes
Kno study points to sea change in digital textbooks
VatorNews
The survey, which was conducted by Kelton Research, tackled the long debated question of whether or not college students really want digital textbooks in the first place. Physical textbook rental services like BookRenter say no, that students prefer ...
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VatorNews
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 ...
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