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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 »

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 »

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 »

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