A New York Times article has highlighted the growing popularity of downloading completly gratis textbooks instead of shelling out upwards of $250 for a brand new copy. It's no revelation that students are getting completely ripped off as textbook prices have become increasingly expensive so I'm TOTAL a f
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eLion Is My Hot Hot Sex (not really, we just always wanted to put a CSS lyric in a headline)
When classes start in about five days (are we like the only college that hasn't started yet?) some new features of eLion will be waiting for you. Not only will you be able to buy your books from the overpriced Penn State Bookstore on campus directly from your eLion account, but when you choose your fal... MORE »
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Selling Textbooks Back (or, How Textbook Got Its Groove Back)
The Facebook Marketplace is littered with used textbooks. It is always littered with something, usually (enter seasonal sport here) tickets, sometimes lonely men who want a cheap date, but right now it happens to be textbooks.
Students are trying to get back even a scraping of the price they payed for their b... MORE »
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UC DavisNews
CalPIRG Saves World...Again
Senate Bill 832, "The College Textbook Affordability Act," sponsored by CalPIRG, has until Friday to be vetoed by the Governator. The Aggie (finely) reports:
“The bill would require textbook publishers to list the prices of their textbooks in each catalogue, as well as include an estimation of when ... MORE »
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The Great University Bookstore Markup
With friends like these...
... MORE »Yeah, we all know textbook wholesalers would sell their own mother up the river for the right price, but that doesn't make it any less infuriating when it smacks you in the face like this .
Note the stamp on the inside of the book "Why Is Sex Fun?" It says
Note the stamp on the inside of the book "Why Is Sex Fun?" It says
Latest comment by Anonymous: Why would I choose to pay $3.75 more when I could get it for less at Barnes & Noble? It's called economics, genius.
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University of MichiganNews
Wasn’t That Shit Free in High School?
Classes have started, and unless you pre-ordered or are an athlete, you will soon discover the ridiculousness of textbook prices. For freshmen, the good old days of opening the inside of a textbook to see who owned it in previous years is at an end. Now you’ve got to pay… a ton.
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WE ARE...Ripping You Off: A Poll
News-fuh-LASH: Books are expensive. Even with "used" pricetags, it's hard to avoid the jaw-drop at the register when some kid tells you that yeah, your total is $463.98. Students gathered downtown today in the sweltering heat to form a line at the Student Book Store to print out their schedules an... MORE »
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You Can Buy Books! Yea?
Students can once again sate the corporate beast: the Barnes & Noble website seems to be working finally!
With the site not operating properly, life was becoming difficult for the average anal retentive pre-orderer. As any savvy college student knows, ordering books ahead of time is the smart way to save money. We... MORE »
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College 101: Beat the Text Book Scam
SU knows how to rip students off when it comes to tuition, but the money-hungry institution adds the cherry on-top with its overpriced text books and bogus, dirt-cheap sell-back rates.
Here's the top 10 "obvious" ways to save on text books for the frugal folk out there.
1. SU Library: On the first ... MORE »
Here's the top 10 "obvious" ways to save on text books for the frugal folk out there.
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Latest comment by Anonymous: Ohh, thanks for the tips!
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