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Bookstore rental program saves money Contra Costa College Advocate The Bookstore's new textbook rental program on campus has boosted its own ... Cashiers will ask patrons if they want to rent or buy the book as they are ...

Briar Cliff Students Can Save Money on Textbooks KMEG 14 Briar Cliff University is offering a new program, allowing students to rent textbooks. A book that normally costs $140 can now be rented, used and returned ...

CampusBookRentals.com Cites Impressive Growth as Popularity of ... Live-PR.com ... many students struggled to afford the required textbooks for their courses. ... Presenting these students with the option to rent their books and save ...

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Google Alert - college textbooks

South Eastern Book Company Announces Release of Rental Site for College Bookstores San Francisco Chronicle (press release) As a result of the climbing cost of education, many college students are searching for new ways to save money. With the average student spending an estimated $1100 on textbooks each year, many are turning to textbook rentals as a cost-effective ... See all stories on this topic »

1 in 4 College Textbooks Will Be Digital By 2015 ReadWriteWeb That figure is a revision from the company's report last year, which predicted that one in five college textbooks would be digital by the year 2014. Due to the rate at which colleges are embracing digital textbooks, Xplana now projects that sales will ... See all stories on this topic »

One in four college textbooks will be digital in five years Digitaltrends.com According to Xplana, one in four college textbooks will be digital by 2015. Xplana is a social learning platform that "redefines 'social studies' by allowing you to do all of your studying and social networking in one spot. ... See all stories on this topic »

Collaborative Consumption Startups Are Evolving Huffington Post (blog) In this model, a company acquires, maintains and rents products. Zipcar buys, services and rents cars to members. Chegg replicated this model for college textbooks. But the costs of managing car fleets or a library of books are substantial. ... See all stories on this topic »

Books rentals put savings up front Omaha World-Herald By Andrew J. Nelson COUNCIL BLUFFS — The savings garnered from renting textbooks might not finance a spring break trip to Cancun. But for a college student trying to get a degree without breaking the bank, it sure can't hurt. ... See all stories on this topic »

'You have to protect your imprint' Times of India What is the market share for academic books? What academic fields are of interest to readers? In relation to school and college textbooks, the academic books market is very tiny. It's a niche area where if you sell 1000 copies you've done well. ... See all stories on this topic »

Amazon sells textbooks at a discount for spring semester Education Today As a mom in school you know that one of the many financial burdens of college is textbooks. From new to used it can still become pretty pricy. What if I told you there is a way to save big bucks if you ordered your textbooks through Amazon Student? ... See all stories on this topic » Education Today

Committee works to reduce textbook costs Truman Index Jeff Johnston, a divisional vice president and executive publisher of Pearson Learning Company, said approximately 30 college textbook publishers existed when he joined the industry in the late 1970s, and now there are five, according to a 2007 ... See all stories on this topic »

University of South Dakota joins growing list of colleges offering textbook ... The Republic AP SIOUX FALLS, SD — The University of South Dakota is joining South Dakota State University and a growing number of colleges across the country in offering a textbook rental program. College students spend an average of $667 on textbooks each year, ... See all stories on this topic »