Is Your E-Book Watching You?
by chris April 12, 2013
Is Your E-Book Watching You? by Angela Kimball Let’s be honest for a moment. If you have graduated high school and taken a few classes in college, you have probably skipped out a little on some of … Continue reading
Education or Environment: How Many Trees Make A Textbook?
by chris April 11, 2013
Education or Environment: How Many Trees Make A Textbook? By Angela Kimball In our society today, a good education is highly valued. With the current economy, a college education is quite possibly even more important than it has … Continue reading
E-Readers Exposed: Losing Your Library
by chris April 10, 2013
E-Readers Exposed: Losing Your Library By Angela Kimball So youve decided to pick up one of the new e-readers. You have been pricing the Nook, Kindle, and other devices to read the cool e-books. You have considered … Continue reading
E-readers Exposed: Cost for Convenience
by chris April 6, 2013
E-readers Exposed: Cost for Convenience By Angela Kimball The new craze in reading is e-books and e-readers. The new digital technology is starting to catch on due to the excellent convenience. The e-reader with … Continue reading
Would Einstein Have Been Einstein If He Had Facebook?
by chris April 4, 2013
Would Einstein Have Been Einstein If He Had Facebook? By Angela Kimball Albert Einstein has certainly made his mark in the world. The areas of math and science wouldn’t be the same as we know … Continue reading
E-readers Exposed: Digital Books Equal Distractibility
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E-readers Exposed: Digital Books Equal Distractibility By Angela Kimball The new craze for folks that love to read is digital books. Weve all heard about the Kindle and Nook, for example. Such devices and … Continue reading
Advantages Of Hands-On Learning With REAL Books
by chris March 28, 2013
Advantages Of Hands-On Learning With Hard copy Books By Angela Kimball The new fad these days is to pick up your tablet or e-reader to peruse a good novel or read some texts on a topic … Continue reading
Purchasing Power: Buying Textbooks vs. Textbook Rental
by chris March 27, 2013
Purchasing Power: Buying Textbooks vs. Textbook Rental By Angela Kimball If you have ever taken a college course, you know that the professor will assign certain texts for class and that means a trip … Continue reading
Textbook Costs Unfairly Under the Microscope When Compared to Tuition Costs
by chris March 26, 2013
Textbook Costs Unfairly Under the Microscope When Compared to Tuition Costs By Angela Kimball In todays economy, it seems that the price of everything is going up and that our purchasing power has slumped. Im … Continue reading
Myths About Pirated Books
by chris
Myths About Pirated Books Today I got five emails from authors all alerting me to a website that had 32 of our books and an equal number of other publishers’ books on it, scanned in and uploaded … Continue reading
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, and the death of geographic rights in fiction
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Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, and the death of geographic rights in fiction Today, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons. A little background on the case: … Continue reading
Understanding Kirtsaeng v. Wiley
by chris March 25, 2013
Understanding Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Kirtsaeng v. Wiley: The Right of US Copyright Owners to Restrict Importation of Versions of Their Works Acquired Abroad and Made Under Foreign Law for Sale and Use in Other Countries What … Continue reading
Slash College Textbook Costs And Options For Free College Textbooks
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Slash College Textbook Costs And Options For Free College Textbooks By Angela Kimball College textbooks are very expensive. Some new edition texts can cost around $300 which can quickly dip into the budget of a … Continue reading
Textbook Piracy: Benefits???
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Textbook Piracy: Benefits??? By Angela Kimball Piracy of college textbooks has been a topic in the news for some time now. It is common to learn about textbook pirates being busted or how piracy of college textbooks … Continue reading
Textbook Piracy Costs Much More Than Just Sales For Publishers
by chris March 22, 2013
Textbook Piracy Costs Much More Than Just Sales For Publishers By Angela Kimball You have probably heard that copying something is the finest form of flattery. Counterfeit copies of college textbooks are circulating college campuses everywhere. … Continue reading
College Textbooks: Is Bundling Better?
by chris March 21, 2013
College Textbooks: Is Bundling Better? By Angela Kimball Several companies have found a new tactic to get customers reeled in to purchase their products and keep profit margins high. We have all seen the meals at fast food restaurants … Continue reading
Stop Issuing New Textbooks Say professors
by chris March 20, 2013
Stop Issuing New Textbooks Say professors By Angela Kimball Every quarter or semester, students make a trip to the campus bookstore to snag copies of the latest college textbooks for their upcoming classes. College students want updated … Continue reading
New Site Brazenly Trades Pirated E-Textbooks
by chris February 3, 2013
New Site Brazenly Trades Pirated E-Textbooks By Jeffrey R. Young Textbook pirates have struck again. Nearly three years after publishers shut down a large Web site devoted to illegally trading e-textbooks, a copycat site has sprung … Continue reading
DRM and e-textbooks / e-books
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DRM and e-books Electronic books read on a personal computer or an e-book reader typically use DRM technology to limit copying, printing, and sharing of e-books. E-books are usually limited to a certain number of reading devices and some … Continue reading
Do Hamsters Pirate Books?
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Do Hamsters Pirate Books? Whether or not piracy hurts book sales is hotly debated in some circles. For publishers, this is a no-brainer, but the evidence for this is not always clear. I have been sifting through the … Continue reading
Can DRM work for e-books?
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Can DRM work for e-books? Penguin has pulled its new books from e-lending by libraries citing “security issues” with digital editions. Is it just a bump in the road, or will piracy doom e-book lending? Borrowing e-books … Continue reading
piracy hits e-textbooks
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Digital piracy hits the e-book/e-textbook industry Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” was downloaded for free more than 100,000 times within its first days on sale. When Dan Brown’s blockbuster novel “The Lost Symbol” hit stores … Continue reading
What is an International Edition textbook?
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International editions of Textbooks What’s an International Edition Textbook? An International Edition Textbook is simply the international counterpart to a US Edition. Most international editions have slightly different covers, many have different ISBNs on … Continue reading
Recycleabook.com – way to make money is by buying books via website
by chris
Recycleabook.com – way to make money is by buying books via website Many international books selling websites offer a variety of preferences like, low shipping charges. Discounts according to purchase range. Discount advantages due … Continue reading
Book Rental vs Purchase
by chris
Book rental vs ownership: Going to college can be expensive and often students have no options when it comes to saving money. However, one way a student can save money is with college textbook costs. If … Continue reading
Pirate Bay Clashes with Book Publishers
by chris January 28, 2013
The Pirate Bay Clashes with Book Publishers books, ebook, kindle, piracy, the pirate bay Swedish book publishers have presented a study in which they show how widespread book piracy is in Sweden. The publishers think that … Continue reading
Some thoughts
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PURCHASING TEXT BOOKS BY RECYCLEABOOK.COM: Most students are unaware they can buy college books for cheap by simply utilizing online merchants. College is already overwhelmingly expensive, and tuition rates steadily rise, yet schools are still finding ways … Continue reading