Tuesday, August 23, 2011

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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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The State Press
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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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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