6 Lessons One Campus Learned About E-Textbooks
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Just last week Google told book publishers about a new e-book store it plans to open by the end of the year. And last month Amazon announced a new, larger version of the Kindle designed with textbooks in mind, which six colleges will test in the fall. ...

Textbook industry e-volving [The Eagle, Bryan, Texas]
TMCnet
Bryan-College Station textbook bookstores: --Texas Aggieland Bookstore 2307 Texas Avenue S., Suite C, College Station; 696-3118 327 University Drive, College Station; 846-4518 --Traditions Bookstores 303 College Ave., College Station; 268-6002 907 ...

Lina Lipscombe retires
Concordia Journal, Canada
In 1996, she helped create a plan to fold the Computer Store into the Bookstore. Becoming Director in 2006, Lipscombe was integral to establishing Digital Stores on both campuses, creating a printing system for large jobs and advancing the availability ...

College textbook costs skyrocketing
Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN
Georgia, along with two other states, mandates textbook affordability measures at its institutions. Scott Bailey, vice president for fiscal affairs at Dalton State College in Dalton, Ga., said the school tries to keep its on-campus book store stocked ...

Searching Through Bookstores to Save on College Textbooks, BookHq ...
PR Web (press release), WA
By helping college students save on their textbooks, BookHq provides an easy way to save money on college textbooks and is more relevant than ever. BookHq is an online book price comparison service that searches multiple bookstores to provide users the ...

Class to test digital textbooks
Web Devil
“I think it is a good idea, but only if every book in the bookstore is available to it. I know this is currently not the case,” Stokan said. “Therefore, the $300 for the one class that it's used for isn't really worth it.” He said he thinks eventually ...
Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) Vs eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) istockAnalyst.com (press release)
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E-textbooks vs. Kindle DX: What will college kids pick?
CNET News, CA
You take that away, and your going to have a tuition spike. by Myshkin57 May 8, 2009 8:40 PM PDT Most college bookstores are independently owned. Also, the prices are not dictated by the universities but the publishers. Texts change regularly because ...
Switched On: Big Kindle on Campus engadget
Students Skeptical Kindle DX Can Replace Paper Chase Wired News
How Kindle Could Change the Textbook Market Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
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Student fees may increase if textbook bill passes
Diamondback Online, MD - 13 hours ago
The House will be the first to deliberate on the bill, formally know as the College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2009, after it died in the ...

Web 2.0 Finally Takes on Textbooks
Campus Technology, CA - 12 hours ago
But, contracts are in place, campus bookstores provide revenue to the institutions, prestige attaches to a publication with a prestigious publisher, ...

Florida legislation looks to address high price of textbooks
McClatchy Washington Bureau, DC - 17 Feb 2009
The requirement would provide students enough time to use the power of the Internet to shop for books, and gives bookstores time to stock used books, ...

A textbook effort
UMN News, MN - 15 Feb 2009
According to Crabb, once textbook choices are made by faculty, the University Bookstore checks on their availability from the approximately half dozen used ...
College students to pay less for textbooks Baltimore Examiner
Regents approve textbook policy proposal Diamondback Online
U.Md. regents OK textbook policy to save students cash WTOP
Sun-Sentinel.com  - WMDT
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Column: Open Letter from a Distressed Bookseller
The Ann Arbor Chronicle, Michigan - 17 Feb 2009
Shaman Drum Bookshop is around one hundred steps from the central campus of the University of Michigan, one of the top ten public universities in the world. ...

Writing on the wall for iconic Mirvish bookstore
Globe and Mail, Canada - 17 Feb 2009
The store should stay open until February, she decided, so students could buy their textbooks. Then the store she has run for 30 years would close. ...

Kindle 2: New Love Kindled or Killed?
Anchor, RI - 20 hours ago
Should Kindle start offering college textbooks (at a pleasantly discounted price from those offered at most college bookstores), and should they lower the ...
Rockbridge Online Seminary Embraces Amazon Kindle as Alternative ... PR-USA.net (press release)
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Digital Business-School E-Books Gaining Favor
BusinessWeek - 7 hours ago
By Dan Macsai It's a time-honored college tradition to spend big at the bookstore. Since the mid-1980s, textbook prices have nearly tripled; ...

Something Has to Give with Textbook Prices finished
The Hornet, CA - 8 hours ago
Why don't they know that filing their textbook requests on time makes it easier for the bookstore to stock low cost used books and increases the "buy-back" ...

Saving Big Money Buying Used College Textbooks
Examiner.com - 4 hours ago
While you may find your textbook new at Amazon and still save a little off the price of the new copies at your college bookstore, the real deals come from ...

Student starts new book business
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition, VA - 12 hours ago
Once Kroll receives the form, he will respond to the customer with the amount that Used Book Buddy is able to pay them for their books. Buying books is just ...

School to hand out e-textbooks
Reg Hardware, UK - 9 hours ago
The school has worked with the University of Aberystwyth and various textbook publishers to help develop and implement e-editions of the required textbooks. ...
School axes textbooks as pupils download homework onto their ... Daily Mail
School dumps books for mobiles Metro
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Obama on Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed, DC - 9 hours ago
Criticized the cost of college textbooks and professors who assign their own books. In an appearance in Texas, he said: “Books are a big scam. ...

State looking for ways to curb college textbook costs
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 14 hours ago
By Scott Travis | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Many college students find themselves with sticker shock when they make that first trip to the campus bookstore ...

UM president sounds off on textbook prices
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - 25 minutes ago
In the last year, the university has been working harder to ask faculty members to place textbook orders in a timely manner so that the bookstores can find ...

iRex Opens New Chapter In E-Reading
MarketWatch - 35 minutes ago
This is combined with the interactivity, flexibility and up-dating functionality provided by digital information. Located on the High Tech Campus in ...

Our View: A worthy attempt to hold down textbook costs
Mankato Free Press, MN - 14 hours ago
The cost of college textbooks has gone through the roof, tripling during the past 20 years, according to the Government Accountability Office. ...

Campus revolt
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - 7 hours ago
Canadian university students are also stuck paying import fees for foreign-produced textbooks. Campus Stores Canada, which represents the campus retail ...

4 Ways to Save on College Textbooks
Smartmoney.com - 19 hours ago
Also, ask the college bookstore if they offer electronic books. At the University of Dayton in Ohio, students pay $41 for electronic access to "Making Sense ...

High cost of college textbooks has students looking online
Temple Daily Telegram, TX - 2 Aug 2008
The books required for degrees at UMHB range from $10 to $300. (Mitch Green/Telegram) Think the cost of gas is high? Try buying a college textbook. ...

Utah State to offer drive-through textbook buyback
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 28 Apr 2008
The idea for a drive-through buyback comes from Colorado State University. Utah State officials say students always complain about the lack of parking on ...

Steering clear of the bookstore
Marketplace, CA - 26 Apr 2008
No only does she avoid her campus bookstore markup -- generally 30 percent for new books and 50 percent on used books -- but she can also get a hold of ...

Renting textbooks used a growing trend
The Santa Clara,  USA - 17 Apr 2008
Circumventing campus bookstores, some students have turned to the used-book market online, and recently a new alternative has emerged: textbook renting. ...