Tuesday, July 26, 2011

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Amazon Kindle allows students to rent digital textbooks and save money
CBS News
Textbooks are one of the biggest financial burdens students face as they transition from high school to college. Now, if you have a Kindle, you may have the option to rent your textbooks instead of throwing your money away on a book you'll never use ...
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Will renting textbooks via Kindle save money?
msnbc.com
The company announced the launch of Kindle Textbook Rental on Monday, saying it will allow students to save up to 80 percent off textbook list prices. The rental prices begin at a minimum 30-day rental and increase based on the amount of time you ...
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Click here TechBits package Published: July 20, 2011 4:52 PM By The Associated Press The Associated Press () Amazon begins renting textbooks for Kindle SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In an effort to snag a larger segment of the college textbook market, ...
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Amazon's Upcoming Tablet To Be WiFi, Contract-Free
InformationWeek
The biggest news from Amazon in 2011 won't be Cloud Drive or e-textbook rentals. It won't even be the hardware details on the Android-based tablet that's expected this fall. It will be a technology most Kindle devices already use, sources say. ...
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E-texts coming to Abilene universities
Abilene Reporter-News
Though companies such as Amazon.com are launching more electronic textbook services, hardbound books are currently outselling e-books despite discounted prices. News that online retail giant Amazon.com has decided to rent electronic textbooks to ...
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Will Apple Kill the iPod?
MyFox Houston
Amazon.com has unveiled textbook rentals for students to use on the Kindle e-reader. The website says students will save up to 80 percent off the retail price of traditional text books, if they just rent them in the electronic format instead of buying ...
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CampusBookRentals.com Educates, Entertains College Students with New Video FAQ
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Started in 2007, CampusBookRentals.com is an online service where customers can rent college textbooks for a length of time specific to their needs, and at a greatly reduced price than what is typically found at college bookstores. ...
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Google Alert - college textbooks

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Amazon to Start Renting Out Electronic College Textbooks
New York Times
By CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE Amazon, which started selling books over the Internet in 1995, and which today says it has the world's biggest selection of items for sale, is entering the rental market for electronic college textbooks. ...
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Amazon launches digital rentals of college textbooks
Tampabay.com
Amazon.com says it has launched a program in which college students can rent digital copies of "tens of thousands of textbooks" at a fraction of the cost of buying them. The online retailer said the rental fees could be as much as 80 percent lower than ...
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Amazon rents textbooks
Press of Atlantic City
In an effort to snag a larger segment of the college textbook market, Amazon.com Inc. has begun renting textbooks on its Kindle e-reader. On Monday, the leading online retailer said students can rent tens of thousands of textbooks from its online ...
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CampusBooks Finds Just 18% of Textbooks Available on Amazon's Kindle Rental
SYS-CON Media (press release)
CampusBooks.com compared pricing data for the top 100 college textbooks against Amazon's new Kindle Rental service, and found that Kindle Rental often has the best prices, but only 18% of the titles. Renting a Kindle book for the advertised 30-day ...
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How to Cut Your College Textbook Bill in Half
Smartmoney.com (blog)
By Kelli B. Grant Buying a year's worth of college textbooks adds an average $1050 to the swiftly rising tab for tuition. Take advantage of growing options to rent rather than buy, however, and you can easily cut that book bill in half. ...
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Group of Punahou graduates create website to get more money for college textbooks
KHON2
Four Punahou graduates are hoping to change the on-line marketplace when buying and selling college textbooks. The group came up with it to help college students save money while buying text books, and make more money while selling them. ...
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Oakwood police make an arrest in textbook theft ring
Access North Georgia
OAKWOOD - Oakwood police have arrested a Lawrenceville man believed to be involved in a college textbook theft ring. Channel 2 News is reporting that David Moseley, 26, of Lawrenceville was arrested last week and charged with selling stolen books to ...
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Textbook Economics
National Review Online
By Robert VerBruggen Nathan — I'm not at all worried that the creation of textbooks will lose its profitability. But I do agree that this could save students a decent amount of money. College textbooks are a classic example of a third-party-payer ...
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Textbooks on Your iPad: How to Buy by the Chapter
TechNewsDaily
Inkling, a San Francisco-based publisher, offers top-selling college textbooks in affordable, bite-sized pieces in iPad-only format. The chapters are priced between $3 and $10 each. "Professors often assign only half the chapters in a particular book," ...
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