Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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UD Bookstore to offer textbook rental program
University of Delaware
But for other students, especially freshmen who may not even be sure they've chosen the right major, renting is a better choice." Beginning this summer, UD students can reserve textbooks for rental using the same system as the one used for sales. ...
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University of Delaware
Alternatives to Selling Back your Books
The Daily Titan
This website allows students to rent textbooks, get study materials for your courses, get a quote on a price for a textbook and even offers help with homework. It provides 14 days of free homework help. Chegg's claim on its website is that it will save ...
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Mixed on Media
Inside Higher Ed
And the renting trend shows no sign of slowing: 36 percent of underclassmen said they are either likely or very likely to rent at least one textbook next semester. The most popular rental source was campus bookstores, many of which made a big push to ...
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Hundreds of Calgary parents defy public board over school fees
Calgary Herald
In 2002, Justice PJ McIntyre overturned a lower court ruling and ordered a Peace River couple to fork over $449.50 in unpaid course and textbook fees for their three high schoolchildren. "While some disagree with charging a fee for textbook rental," ...
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BookRenter Announces the Next Evolution of the BookRenter Platform Built to ...
Marketwire (press release)
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - May 17, 2011) - BookRenter, the largest and fastest growing textbook platform, today announced a major evolution of its platform that will make it easier for college bookstores to leverage their local advantage and compete ...
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Infographic: The Affordable Future of College Textbooks
The Atlantic
By Nicholas Jackson The average college student spends about $900 every year just on textbooks. That, in addition to rising tuition costs, boarding costs and activity fees, is making college more expensive than it's ever been. ...
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New store buys, sells and will soon rent textbooks
Winona Daily News
Hakes, an Iowa native, opened Warrior Textbooks after moving to Winona a month ago. His store buys and sells college textbooks, much like a campus bookstore, and will begin renting textbooks this fall, Hakes said. The store works with about 80 other ...
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Del Mar: Local entrepreneurs' website SwoopThat.com helps students save on ...
Del Mar Times
Photo: Karen Billing By Karen Billing On average, an American college student spends about $900 a year on college textbooks. SwoopThat.com, a website started by two local men, hopes to save people about 50 percent on textbooks and make the process a ...
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Del Mar Times
Changing textbooks into cash
KKCO-TV
It's the time of year where students get to sell back those textbooks and hope to make back some of that money that they spent at the beginning of the semester. It's one of the most important but expensive parts of college but buying textbooks for ...
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