Recently, renting textbooks has become a cheaper way for students strapped for cash to obtain the books for courses. Great ­— we have an avenue around the overpriced and generally unnecessary textbook ...

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When Muhlenberg College sophomore Brooke Sunshine set out Monday on the expensive task of buying textbooks for the spring semester, she found a new option to save herself a little time, money and ...

Amazon.com is moving into the business of physical textbook rentals, expanding its footprint by offering a cheaper alternative to students, according to a support page on the company’s site. The ...

One of the biggest fads on college campuses this fall has nothing to do with skinny jeans or the cafeteria’s latest foray into fusion cuisine, but rather with textbooks. Across the country, students ...

NEW YORK (AP)-- Textbook rental programs at many of the nation's colleges -- touted as money-savers for students -- are limited by the number of available titles, publishers who release frequent new ...

College students can now rent digital textbooks through Amazon's Kindle Textbook Rental program at 80 percent off the list price, according to an Amazon news release today. Titles can be rented for ...

Complaints about rising tuition haven't done much good, but college students may have more success with high-priced textbooks. Students at a growing number of colleges will be able to rent books this ...

Amazon has rolled out an e-textbook-rentals program, which could bring more attention to the emerging model of treating textbooks like online subscriptions. Students can now download temporary copies ...

Students can save up to 80% on college textbooks by signing up to rent them on the Kindle. Here’s what the move says about Amazon’s plans for e-readers and tablets going forward. Amazon‘s Kindle ...

“Don’t do it,” the advertisement warns. It’s talking about buying required books for classes, which, it tells me, I “only need for a few months.” Instead, the ad is trying to get me to rent those ...

With fall semester right around the corner, college students and their parents all around the country are anticipating record-breaking tuition hikes this year — students at the University of ...