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Textbooks go digital through Apple and Chegg
College students’ backpacks are getting heavier and their textbook receipts are getting longer, but their backs aren’t getting stronger. Students may feel a lighter load, however, with the recent addition of digital textbooks to iPads, laptops and cellphones.
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Students battle high textbook prices with piracy
Cal State U. -Long Beach senior Julie Boll is $19,000 in debt. She had to sell her car and some of her wardrobe to pay her daily expenses. When the semester began, she realized textbooks were going to cost more than she expected — nearly $700 for the semester.
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Digital textbook choices expand with new interactive platform
Digital textbooks have become more than just a PDF version of the real thing. A new platform, CafeScribe, offers students an easier and more effective way of using digital textbooks.
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Column: Textbook industry fails students
Mark said he would buy the textbooks himself before the hurricane strikes. He strolled through the streets of New Brunswick, thinking about all the excitement the new semester would bring. He entered the bookstore and proceeded promptly to the basement, and then to the third aisle.
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Study shows 7 in 10 students have forgone buying books
With college textbook costs totaling upwards of $500 per semester for some, many students have resorted to saying, "Enough is enough." Some students have settled for other money-saving and practical ways to still take certain courses without actually owning the required text.
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Editorial: Make textbooks affordable to all
As we all get our fall semester started, there's one website looking to prey on students that are having a hard time affording their textbooks.
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The pros and cons of textbook rental
After paying tuition, housing, student fees and more, students then face another significant blow to their wallet: paying, on average, more than $500 for their textbooks every semester, according to the College Board.
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Medical app slices textbook costs
Hey UCF medical students, instead of lugging around a heavy textbook, how about pulling the contents up on your phone? There's an app for that. Renal Physiology, a digital textbook application created by Dr.
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Facebook chooses Farid’s photo-recognition, anti-child pornography tool
Facebook became the first online service to implement PhotoDNA — a photo recognition software developed by computer science professor Hany Farid in 2008 to quickly identify images of child pornography circulated on the web — to target illegal photos and their distributors, Facebook announced on ...
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