Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Google Alert - rent textbook

News5 new results for rent textbook
Textbook rental programs pay off for students
The Independent Florida Alligator
This academic year, the UF Bookstore is running a textbook rental program that saved students a total of more than half a million dollars in the summer and ...
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Cabrillo College Takes Its Textbook Rental Program Online
KIONrightnow.com
APTOS, Calif- The Cabrillo College Bookstore announced that it will partner with CHEGG, an online textbook rental company, to provide students with a ...
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Just one reader, good condition
Catskill Daily Mail
According to NACS, students can rent a textbook at a third to half the cost of buying. Historically, students have had only one choice: Buy the book and ...
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Number of College Stores Offering Textbook Rentals Escalates
PR Newswire (press release)
Students can typically rent a textbook for between 33% and 55% of the price of buying a new textbook. NACS originally estimated the number of college stores ...
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Majoring in savings
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
She was able to rent a textbook that costs $185 new for $54, she said. "I like that Barnes & Noble, as opposed to some websites (that offer book rentals), ...
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Wilkes Barre Times-Leader


Google Alert - college textbooks

News10 new results for college textbooks
Renting textbooks, online shopping ease price bind
Chicago Tribune
By Carolyn Bigda, Special to Tribune Newspapers College textbooks aren't getting any cheaper. The average full-time student spent nearly $700 per year on ...
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SellUsedBooks.com Announces Winner of Sell Used Books College Essay Contest
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Sell Used Books College Essay Contest winner has been announced. The winner will receive $1000 from the site that allows students to sell used books. ...
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The Soaring Price of College Textbooks: Students at Cascadia Community College ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The soaring price of college textbooks is one of the major concerns students will be sharing with their legislators this Thursday, January 27 when students ...
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Exeter grad sees opportunity in pricey college textbooks
Reading Eagle
... that enables students to sell used textbooks and other course materials for higher prices than they might get in a buyback from the college bookstore. ...
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Bertelsmann backs open textbook publisher
Financial Times
By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York Bertelsmann, the German media group, is leading a $15m funding round for Flat World Knowledge, a college textbook ...
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Bertelsmann Invests in Open Textbook Co. Flat World
NY Convergence
... the controversial company that gives away college textbooks for free on the web, but charges for printed versions, e-books, audio books, PDF downloads ...
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Colleges turn to textbook rentals
Allentown Morning Call
By Christopher Baxter, OF THE MORNING CALL When Muhlenberg College sophomore Brooke Sunshine set out Monday on the expensive task of buying textbooks for ...
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Allentown Morning Call
CollegeTextbooks: How To Get Best Deals On Textbooks
Connecticut Watchdog
... to get the best deals on college textbooks, a process made difficult by some colleges and professors who unconscionably profit off of students' pain. ...
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Connecticut Watchdog
University Bookstore price comparison saves money
BG News
By Alex Aspacher, Reporter Students have many options to combat the consistently rising cost of college textbooks, including a price comparison feature that ...
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Crafton Hills, SB Valley College offer textbook rental system
Press-Enterprise
"The colleges' textbook rental program is an extremely popular way for students to save money on textbooks," said Gloriann Chavez, Valley College bookstore ...
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