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Google Mini Apps | August 20th 2008 by Mini Apps
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Free Textbooks
Teaching Artist | August 19th 2008 by meteechart
(No, I’m not giving any away, sorry…) Again today with an interesting item from Slashdot: Open-Source College Textbooks Gaining Mindshare. I’ll relist the links from that blurb here: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-textbook1 read more
It's time to rent some textbooks - Chegg's 'Textbook Tuesday' is…
Eco-Libris: Moving Towards Sustainable Reading | August 18th 2008 by Eylon Israely
Living nearby a university (UD in my case) has pros and cons. But one fact is that you know exactly when the academic year is about to begin (hint: flocks of students can be seen again on Main Street). And if you're also getting ready to go back or f read more
Negative TB Test (duh lol), Saved Some Major Money on Textbooks,…
RNlife.com-A nursing student's Blog | August 14th 2008 by Sarah
Hey Everyone, Today was a day of accomplishment lol! I am now in the clear for my clinicals with all of my paper work done. I saved some major money on my textbooks which I am very happy about and I made some Jambalaya. I went at 10:00 am this mornin read more
Self-Publishing
Exploring Our Matrix | August 12th 2008 by James McGrath
There seem to be two trends in publishing at the moment. On the one hand, larger presses are making cutbacks. On the other hand, there is a proliferation of self-published books and the process of publishing your own book is becoming cheaper and mor read more
Textbooks… Do I Have To?
Quincy University Communications Program | August 11th 2008 by Colleen
It occurred to me today that the summer is rapidly coming to an end, seeing as freshman orientation starts this week and I was recently suckered into helping out with it once again. But with the start of school comes that horrible time of year that e read more
Where to Buy & Rent Textbooks Online
myUsearch Blog | August 11th 2008 by myUsearch
Textbooks are expensive. Everyone knows this. A recent survey stated that the average student pays between $700 and $1000 per year for textbooks. Paying hundreds of dollars for a single textbook is bad enough, but when a student has to buy several bo read more
Custom: Cool For Sneakers, Not For Textbooks
Educated Nation | August 8th 2008
This travesty was recently brought to my attention: vaguely ‘custom’ textbooks being published for specific courses and schools, thereby forcing students to but the books new and severely limiting the re-sale options. For a while there, textbo read more
8.07.08 Featured blogs of the day
Student Bloggers | August 7th 2008 by Alex
Fall semester for incoming freshmen means answering the classic Shakeperean question: To bring or not to bring? [F1lm Sch00l] Oh yeah, and picking up all those books for classes… lame. [www.toriemichelle.com] A review of the new Facebook design read more
Text Book Torrents
I Didn't Know That!!! | August 7th 2008 by Shailendra Paliwal
Torrent service for textbooks. Using this service you can find and download text book torrents for free. You can search or browse Textbook torrent database by category such as Art, Science, Language, Literature, Business and more. The download proces read more
Throwing out the textbooks
Mobile Musings | August 6th 2008
I presented a keynote a couple weeks ago on Open Education. In talking about the reasons for open ed, I make the following points:We must differentiate instruction if we are going to engage and reach students who have increasingly diverse backgrounds read more
Accounting Textbooks
Consumer Promotions | August 5th 2008 by kanrich
Hit the books in Amazon.com’s Textbook Store and save up to 30% on over 100,000 new textbooks shipped from and sold by Amazon.com. For even bigger savings, save up to 90% off the list price of millions of used listings. All used textbook purcha read more
Textbooks : Who Moved My Cheese?
Consumer Promotions | August 4th 2008 by kanrich
Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life By Spencer Johnson List Price: $19.95 Price: $13.57 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Availability: Usually ships in read more
Textbook Buying Advice
Banal Atrocities | August 4th 2008 by Nina
Though I have to do this one more time before I graduate in the Spring, I still abhor the idea of buying textbooks. Never before have I been aware of such a scam set to financially ruin college students (unless you count credit cards). As an experien read more
Textbooks Save up to 30% on New Textbooks
Consumer Promotions | August 4th 2008 by kanrich
Textbooks Save up to 30% on New Textbooks and up to 90% off Used Listings New Textbooks: Save up to 30% off the price of over 100,000 new textbooks. And, shop for the latest test prep guides, essential reference books, and the most popular study guid read more
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Buy Cheap Store | August 3rd 2008
Get TextBooks Fast Free 2-day Shipping with a free 3 Month Trial of amazon Prime Add $100 worth of eligible textbooks to your cart to sign up Amazon Prime Member Benefits Include: Unlimited FREE Two-Day Shipping Upgrade to One-Day Shipping read more
Textbooks
Enthusiastically Indifferent | July 28th 2008 by Vanessa
As you are preparing for your next, or first, semester at school, it is important to understand the expensive world of textbooks. The price of textbooks are so high and if you are taking on a full course load, as most of you are, it can cost a smal read more
Students Find Free Textbooks on the Internet
PIC Current | July 23rd 2008 by Colin
There is just one problem. These textbooks are illegal! By Mike Lazear: PIC Current Assistant Producer Faced with increasingly expensive college supplies and tuition, many students feel justified in finding much pirated alternatives on the internet. read more
Do judge a book by its blank pages
Mr. Tim Rosenblatt: The Blog | July 22nd 2008 by Tim Rosenblatt
Zombie Feynman got me reading about Feynman, and I came across a great page discussing Feynman’s involvement with the textbook industry. Although it’s funny at times, it’s fairly sad that this is actually the back end of our educati read more
Save Cash, Gas, And Trees
Online Degree Blog | July 18th 2008
You excitedly logged into your online learning program account and discovered a detailed syllabus encouraging you to pick up the materials on the reading list as soon as possible, but they forgot to tell you where to acquire these items. Fret not—t read more
TextKindles?
Dominic Son's Blog | July 17th 2008 by Dominic Son
TechCrunch just featured a story about how amazon may revolutionize the textbook industry with their kindle. Having made Pazap.com, dreaming, thinking, and trying to crack the 5.5 billion industry, I’ve thought of this before. The problem thoug read more
College Textbook Economics 101: Pay, or Pirate and Party?
Connect2Books | July 11th 2008 by Kindlesforkids
With a new semester starting in a little over a month, the media is full of coverage of the cost of textbooks, and what publishers, colleges and students are doing about it. As you might expect, the solutions and strategies vary depending on which se read more
ESL Textbooks for Beginners
Teaching ESL to Adults | July 9th 2008 by Debra Garcia
An Anonymous teacher from Portugal writes:Hi. I'd like to know what's the best coursebook for Portuguese students, who are learning English (100-150h) for the 1st time? Can you suggest the one you consider the most adequate and effective?Dear Anonymo read more
Compare Textbook Prices & Save Now
Business and Money Matters to Grow From | July 6th 2008 by Lucy Jones
One of the most unexpected expenses for first-year college students is the first trip to the bookstore. First-year students often realize that they're going to have to buy books, but more than likely they didn't realize that the books for one term read more
The Dreaded Reminder
Banal Atrocities | July 4th 2008 by Nina
Image via WikipediaEarlier in the week1, I received an email from my Greek professor about the text book for our upcoming class this semester. He apologized for sending the email so soon before the beginning of class, but wanted to give us plenty of read more
New green campaign in Turkish schools will save 1.27 million tree…
Eco-Libris: Moving Towards Sustainable Reading | July 2nd 2008 by Eylon Israely
Green news from Turkey. The Turkish newspaper, Today's Zaman, reported on a new new book exchange campaign launched by the Ministry of Education that will be aimed at "saving millions of trees, protecting the environment and contributing to the count read more
Expensive Books Inspire P2P Textbook Downloads
Dutchboy | July 1st 2008 by Sietse Logger
Jyosim writes "A site called Textbook Torrents is among the many sites popping up benefaction free downloads of dear textbooks using BitTorrent or other peer-to-peer networks. With the average cost of textbooks going up every year, and with some book read more
Homeschooling While Living on One Income By Kimberly Treptow
Best HomeSchool Place | June 30th 2008 by Christine
In the majority of homeschool families, one parent stays at home to teach the children. This can make saving money on your children’s curriculum without sacrificing the quality of their education of the uppermost importance. Homeschooling can be read more
Paper Rights Management
Architectures of Control in Design | June 20th 2008
This delivery note from Springer informs me that the book I’ve bought “must not be resold”. Good luck with that. So have I bought it or not? Or have I bought a licence to read it? What if I give it away? Many companies would love to read more
BigWords — finally more $ for your used textbooks!
CheapGoodiesPlz! | June 19th 2008 by alicia.
Like many of you, I’m a college student and I know how it is to be practically robbed by the school bookstore. For me at least, two or three books can wind-up totaling around $300, regardless of whether or not they’re used. It gets bette read more
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