Online book-rental business evolves from college experiment to full-time venture
Some may call it "Netflix for textbooks," but what David Comisford really wants to call his new venture is "successful."
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College students can now rent textbooks electronically from Amazon
A month or so before back-to-school season begins in earnest, Amazon has jumped into the lucrative college textbook market with Kindle Textbook Rental, Mashable reports.
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The textbook alternative that could save students $700 per year
College textbooks available for free online or sold in print for low cost could slash students’ annual textbook bill from $900 to $184, according to a survey of…
Students send texts for cheap textbooks
College students reeling from textbook sticker shock in their campus's bookstore can send a text message to a popular book rental company to see if they can save…