Just as with e-books, the shift comes as students turn to their tablets and smartphones for digital textbooks. Just take college student Clayton Brown, who carries an iPad to his biology class at ...

McGraw Hill claims it can cut the cost of college text books as much as 60% if all students are required to buy e-books and the cost is billed through the college bursar.

Under the new sales model, Pearson Education claims students will pay an average of $40 for an ebook textbook, or $79 with "a full suite of digital learning tools." ...

Dynamic Books, a publishing platform and line of customizable digital textbooks from Macmillan, announced an agreement with College Open Textbooks to identify quality public domain or open ...

E-books were supposed to be a panacea, but the Kindle and iPad went mainstream and still relief never came. Companies trying to disrupt the industry say it has evolved slower than other content ...

E-books account for less than 1 percent of overall sales from the Auraria Campus Bookstore, ... Montgomery expects e-books to play a more significant role in future college textbook sales.

For many students, ebooks are a great and inexpensive tool. But do they negatively effect how we comprehend what we read? A new study might drain the proverbial juice in their Kindle's batteries.

However, the cost of college textbooks has risen 1,041% since 1977. A recent survey shows the average college student can expect to pay between $500 - $700 per sememster for textbooks.

Since 1978, they note, college textbooks have risen 812 percent — more than twice as fast as the price of a new home. This means a book purchased in 1978 for $25 would now cost $203.

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