Amazon begins renting textbooks for Kindle

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• Jul 19, 2011

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On Monday, the leading online retailer said students can rent tens of thousands of textbooks from its online Kindle Store, which Kindle users can access on the e-reader.
Amazon begins renting textbooks for Kindle - USATODAY.com

 

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I think this would be more useful if it gave students the option to put the rental cost towards the cost to buy the text (if it turns out that it will be useful long term).

 

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• Jul 20, 2011

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My sister is buying an ipad so she can get text books for 1/3 the price.

 

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dangue said:

I think this would be more useful if it gave students the option to put the rental cost towards the cost to buy the text (if it turns out that it will be useful long term).

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As a professor, sadly I suspect that would no impact. Students just don't want to read anything.

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