The US election, politics, and textbooks
Well I guess I ought to comment on the recent election, after all, this is a blog, and most blogs provide at least some form of political commentary. I certainly do not want this to be the only blog on...
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The down and dirty on college bookstores
The way that college bookstores used to function in the past (the “good ol’ days here being earlier 1990′s”) is not the way that they function today. It used to be that the bookstore was owned and...
View ArticleFight the Rising Cost of Textbooks
If you are in college already you know the cost of textbooks can be quite outrageous. Each year they seem to get more and more expensive, and the textbook companies continue to introduce superfluous...
View ArticleYou choose. To save money on textbooks, or not to save money on textbooks : a...
(From the editor) Choice, we live in a world in which we all have many choices, starting from the 100′s of varieties of bottled water we can choose from, (all of which are basically the same) to the...
View ArticleHow to get the best prices on textbooks for summer classes
Getting cheap textbooks for summer classes is an especially unique challenge. This is because of the duration of summer classes. A normal class that you might take in the fall or spring semester...
View ArticleAvoid costly mistakes
When I was an undergraduate buying textbooks, or any books for that matter, was straightforward, I went to the bookstore and bought the book, or I went online and bought it on Amazon. If I could not...
View ArticleThe down and dirty on textbook publishers
The way that the publishing business works has changed much since the early days of the Internet. The way that it used to work was that textbooks were more affordable, and since the used book market...
View ArticleHow not to buy textbooks and still have access to them
Every college student hopes to have professors that will choose either free or at least cheap textbooks. Unfortunately those are rare, and many professors simply do not care that the book that they are...
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A Guide to Surviving College
Kate is a guest poster from the blog Arguing with a Doughnut. It’s just as weird as this post. Congratulations! You have been accepted into college! NOW WHAT? Now you will experience everything you’ve...
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