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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The Free Press of the University of Southern Maine
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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