Wednesday, September 12, 2012

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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