New textbook exchange site helps students ‘defy’ publishers
After a bachelor’s degree, a law degree, and a business degree, Derek Haake estimates his total textbook costs at around $20,000 -- and now he's hitting back at…
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Could Google Books ruling affect college textbook market?
Advocates for Google’s massive digital library say the online repository is inevitable, despite recent setbacks, and could present an entirely new option for college textbooks.
The top 10 higher-ed tech stories of 2010: No. 10
College textbook rental services actually began cropping up in 2008, with startups such as Bookrenter.com borrowing from the business model of Netflix in letting students rent and return…
Florida college looks to become eBook pioneer
An all-eTextbook campus won’t just make Florida’s Daytona State College the envy of the education-technology world. The program will also save academic careers cut short when students can’t…