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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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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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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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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