Each semester is rung in with the fact that textbooks must be purchased for upcoming classes. For those students who are adept in finding used textbooks at a deal in comparison with new versions, save money by finding cheap textbooks. Thanks to company’s like Kno, a digital textbook retailer, and the 20 Million Minds Foundation, the weight of purchasing textbooks, might soon be Continue Reading about Kno giving away free textbooks
Textbook Reform
Open Course Library offers Cheap Textbooks Alternative
This past Monday the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges announced the launch of the Open Course Library to help college students combat the rising cost of education by providing a new alternative for cheap textbooks. The state of Washington has put up $750,000 which was matched by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to make the library possible. Open Course Library is Continue Reading about Open Course Library offers Cheap Textbooks Alternative
Cheap textbooks for college with free upgrades for Life
Nature, the company that created Scitable, is now entering the cheap textbooks for college market: Scitable is a free learning community mainly focused on life sciences, created by Nature that has recently launched "Principles of Biology", a college level electronic textbook focused on biology. Drawing upon their experience with Scitable, Nature has made this new college textbook full of Continue Reading about Cheap textbooks for college with free upgrades for Life
Best Online College Textbook Rental Web Sites for Cheap Textbooks
Everyone knows that textbook prices are out of control even with new options in recent years like textbook rentals and buying used textbooks online. The average college student spends around $900 per year on textbooks with publishers trying to raise prices with "enhanced" unnecessary features like pass-codes, CDs, and other content not required. Textbook publishers deploying such tactics have Continue Reading about Best Online College Textbook Rental Web Sites for Cheap Textbooks
South Korea going all digital textbooks by 2015
South Korea's Education Ministry has announced it wants all school age level educational materials to be delivered in a digitized format by 2015. It hopes that by 2014 all elementary level materials will be read on a variety of computers, smart phones, and tablets. No specific equipment choices have been made, but the Ministry did announce it will spend up to 2.4 billion buying the necessary Continue Reading about South Korea going all digital textbooks by 2015
Bookstore giant Nebraska files for bankruptcy
College textbook wholesaler and college bookstore chain giant, Nebraska Book Company (NBC), has filed for bankruptcy protection today in Delaware via a recent story on Reuters. Alan Siemek, Chief Financial Officer, of NBC said: The relative decline of our campus stores' performance is due to a combination of online textbook sales, and more recently textbook rental programs, which have been Continue Reading about Bookstore giant Nebraska files for bankruptcy
Pearson’s New SuccessNet Plus Puts Teachers in the Driver’s Seat with a Fully Loaded Engine
With Pearson's new SuccessNet Plus K-12 learning management system, America's teachers can wield their centralized dashboard to bring together all the tools they need to personalize learning for every one of their students. SuccessNet Plus is the only K-12 platform that offers the unique combination of: Ready-to-use and customizable curriculum to meet class, school and district Continue Reading about Pearson’s New SuccessNet Plus Puts Teachers in the Driver’s Seat with a Fully Loaded Engine
Affordable Textbook Day of Action on College Campuses
Thursday, October 21st, is the day when college students across the nation should will join in a national Affordable Textbook Day of Action organized by the Student Public Interest Research Groups (Student PIRGs). This is a great group that helps organize college students to help some solve of the world's most pressing public interest problems, read more about them here. Their call to action day Continue Reading about Affordable Textbook Day of Action on College Campuses