Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Google Alert - rent textbook


Cornell Store Expands Book Rental Option by 80 Percent
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
As students attempted to save money when buying textbooks and course packets this year, Cornell Store employees tried to help mitigate the cost of their class materials — expanding the number of titles available in its textbook rental program by 80 ...
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Textbook rental program saves students money
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
Students returning to classes last week at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County were spared the sticker shock of having to purchase all of their books thanks to a new textbook rental program. Instead of shelling out hundreds of dollars ...
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Delaware Catholic high school students rent textbooks in pilot program
Georgia Bulletin
St. Mark's partnered with Follett to have students rent all the textbooks they need for a flat rate of $250. St. Mark's is serving as the national pilot school for the rental program. If successful, the program eventually could be in place in high ...
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Textbooks: By the numbers
The Free Press of the University of Southern Maine
Getting ready for a new semester takes work and foresight. If you're anything like me, buying textbooks is one of the last things on your list. Especially if you pay for textbooks out of pocket, it's a lump sum, rent check, mortgage payment of a ...
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Cheap textbooks easy to find
Maroon
Don't let textbook prices become the wet blanket to your new semester excitement. There are many ways students can save money on textbooks from buying used or choosing an e-book to searching comparison websites or using rental services. According to ...
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ICC: Textbook Rentals at All-Time High
CIproud.com
EAST PEORIA-The number of students renting textbooks at Illinois Center College is at an all-time high. Illinois Central College expects to rent more than 8,000 textbooks for Fall semester. That's nearly twice as many as last semester. On average, ICC ...
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Digital Textbooks Still Not Catching On With College Students
Digital Book World
The latest example is Amazon, which has plunged bigtime into the textbook rental market. Why has it proven so hard for digital textbooks to establish a beachhead? In 2010 we reported on a number of campuses around the nation. Students complained that ...
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Google Alert - college textbooks


SimpleTuition Acquires Textbook Marketplace ValoreBooks To Help College ...
TechCrunch
SimpleTuition, a company that offers online tools, tips and advice to college students to help them save money on education-related expenses, is announcing this morning that is has acquired ValoreBooks, an online textbook marketplace that offers ...
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Cutting the cost of college textbooks
KXRM
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- College can be costly, especially college books, but one local economics professor is hoping to help students save money through a new website called BookCheetah. Professor Daniel Johnson is known for thinking outside ...
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Will Free Online Textbooks Become a Reality for California College Students?
KQED (blog)
California is one step closer to bringing free online textbooks for state college students, a huge step for the open education movement. A historic bill on the desk of Governor Jerry Brown would give college professors, and thereby students, an option ...
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5 iPhone Apps to Save Hundreds on College Textbooks
Gotta Be Mobile
The price of college is a stretch for many, and the cost of college textbooks is just as much of a stretch. As a first year college student I am quickly realizing what it is like to live the life of a financially stretched individual. After paying ...
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eTextbooks and Multimedia in Higher Education 2012
Sacramento Bee
eTextbooks and Multimedia in Higher Education 2012 probes the rapidly changing roles of digital textbooks and multimedia learning resources in the arenas of college publishing and higher education, particularly in relationship to traditional print ...
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Saving Textbook Receipts Could Save College Students Thousands
Accounting Today
Under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and extended by the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, a tax credit of up to $2,500 each year has been authorized for out-of-pocket higher ...
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Textbook Prices Too High?
COS The Campus
Spending over $100 for a textbook may seem outrageous, especially if you're used to spending $10-$25 for a novel. More than half of college textbooks nowadays are "bundled" with additional instructional material that most professors don't require for ...
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New Skyo.com ad campaign targets college students
Bizjournals.com
That's the theoretical question posed In a new out-of-home, radio and online ad campaign from Two by Four/Chicago just breaking for Skyo.com, an online site for renting or buying college textbooks. The online company is a unit of Oak Brook, IL.-based ...
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Internet2 and EDUCAUSE Partner To Deliver eText Pilot At Colleges and ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Including educational institutions across the spectrum from major research institutions to community colleges, this pilot aims to advance a new model for the purchase, distribution, and use of electronic textbooks and digital course materials ...
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Thursday, September 06, 2012

Google Alert - rent textbook


E-textbooks offer cheaper solution to high textbook prices
Daily Sundial
There are several places students can rent from, including the Matador Bookstore, Amazon and through a new program by the CSU, among others. On Aug. 6, Amazon.com launched a textbook rental program where students can save up to 70 percent in ...
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The most book for your buck
Oaklandpostonline
A recent study proved buying and then selling your textbooks back at the end of the semester is more beneficial to students than renting textbooks. According to Jeff Sherwood, CEO of website BIGWORDS.com, price comparison buying and selling books ...
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Students find alternatives to buying textbooks
The Prospector
Another popular feature at the bookstore is "rent a text" which allows students to highlight and mark in their textbooks as they normally would and still be able to return them to the bookstore by the end of the semester at 50 percent or more off the ...
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Bookstore offers textbook rentals
The Duquensne Duke
Kachur said 55 percent to 60 percent of textbooks are available to rent and most of the ones that are unavailable are custom to Duquesne, packaged with access codes, or lab manuals. "The chemistry books and books with access would be a lot cheaper if ...
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Bookstore introduces new programs to simplify textbook payment process
NYU Washington Square News
In-store rental machines at the bookstore offer students a quick and easy alternative to buying books. When students look for their books in the aisles, stickers indicate if they are available to rent. If renting is an option, students may take the ...
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Chapters Indigo Launches Online Textbook Shop
Good E-Reader (blog)
Chapters Indigo Launches Online Textbook Shop. By Michael Kozlowski. Chapters Indigo has formally launched their new online textbook shop. This gives customers a chance to buy or rent textbooks for the upcoming school year. You can buy digital and ...
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Getting a read on the high prices of textbooks
Centre Daily Times
A college professor from St. Louis recently argued that the climbing prices of textbooks is a result of alternatives such as renting or buying used. Henry Roediger, a psychology professor at Washington University, said book companies and authors set ...
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Google Alert - college textbooks


Online college textbooks backed
Sacramento Bee
The bills would create an online library of digital textbooks for the 50 most widely taken lower-division courses at the University of California, California State University and the state's community colleges. The project would get under way when ...
Best college textbook deals online or in bookstores? Check out how prices ...
MLive.com
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A senior at Grand Valley State University, Luke Paul knows how much of a dent textbooks can put in a student's budget. Which is why Paul, an engineering major, doesn't fork over $100 for a textbook without doing a little research first.

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College textbook committee details proposed...
Daily Local News
In response to the rising cost of textbooks, the state College Textbook Advisory Committee has issued a report detailing steps the Commonwealth can take to combat the costs of books and course materials for college students. CONTRIBUTE. Story Ideas ...
Solutions for high-priced college textbooks
KXII-TV
TEXOMA -- The steady rise of college textbook prices is a concern for many Texoma students starting college this week. This Mom's Everyday Money segment, focuses on ways your college student can work around these increased costs. Today the average ...
California passes bills to create open-source digital library for college ...
VentureBeat
Under SB 1052, California, however, would establish a faculty-run council called the California Open Education Resources Council (COERC) to select and develop the free digital textbooks for students at state universities and community colleges ...

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Textbook shopping for college is easier than you think
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
View full sizeExpress-Times Photo | LISA MASSEYNorthampton Community College Pages Bookstore clerk Liz Critelli, right, of Easton, answers questions from prospective students and families in the book store during a campus tour at the college.

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Cutting costs for college textbooks
Providence Eyewitness News
(WPRI) - Even though it is necessary to buy textbooks for college, there are ways to cut costs before you arrive on campus. According to College Board, the average collegiate spent almost $1,200 on books during the last academic year. On top of tuition ...
NOOK Study Is The Future Of Textbooks
Seeking Alpha
NOOK study is one of the ways Barnes & Noble is tapping into the college textbook market, where students spend an average of $650 a year on textbooks. With over 20 million college students in the U.S. alone, the market is upwards of $13 billion a year ...
College book costs pile up
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
Claire Friex of Kronenwetter, left, purchases six textbooks for the coming semester Monday at the Northcentral Technical College Bookstore. Cashiers such as Jennifer Krutza, right, kept busy because it was the first day of classes for the 2012-13 ...
How to Save on Textbooks
BU Today
While the cost of a college education continues to rise, there is some good news about student expenses: a survey released in July by the National Association of College Stores found that college students are spending slightly less on textbooks and more ...

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