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Is taking on too many college credits weighing you down?

12.27.2005

Submitted by idealbite on Tue, 12/27/2005 - 6:00pm.
The Bite:
Lighten the load (on your back) with digital textbooks! Our apologies if we fooled you—the workload remains the same…
The Benefits: 
  • Digital/online textbooks cost up to 50% less than traditional textbooks, saving you money for the important stuff, like organic beer.
  • Significantly less paper waste.  At 71.6 million tons, paper makes up over 40% of the American waste stream. Digital textbooks are exact replicas, sans paper.
  • You can probably remove the chiropractor from your speed dial.
Personally Speaking: 
We’re sooo jealous that digital textbooks weren’t available when we were students, but happily pass on our knowledge to others in an old media format: unsolicited advice.
Wanna Try: 

Cocktail Fact

Despite students' active online purchasing habits, only 6% of all textbooks sold are bought online.

Bang For The Bite

Save half of the $400 average spent on textbooks each year. Unfortunately, not all textbooks are available yet in digital format, so we have to downgrade a few apples.

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Kevon Edmonds  on July 13, 2009 at 11:16 AM 1
Digital textbooks (http://blog.degreesinhealthcare.org/?p=82>) have a lot of advantages for the student - I am glad you hit this nail on the head. While I was a student, I frequently ordered the edition behind the one they recommended on Half.com for 75 cents - I compared my edition to the ones my classmate had that he bought for $160. 95% of the time, it contained the exact same material (much to his dismay). Digital textbooks allow for even more financial flexibility, greater quality of information, and yes - many a sore back will be saved :)
Kimberley  on September 19, 2009 at 02:39 PM 2
Does anyone know where (in the SF Bay Area) I can possibly donate or recycle college textbooks that are at least 13yrs old?? Thanks!
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