The Student Book Store on E. Grand River Avenue has been a staple for students searching for textbooks since 1960. Recently, however, the store decided to no longer rent books out to students. "Our ...

Philip Miller learned early on that buying textbooks directly from his university bookstore was not an affordable option. “I spent way too much on textbooks my freshman year, and then I realized, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University and Amazon are collaborating on a project that could save students up to 30 percent — or $6 million — a year on textbooks, the university said Wednesday.

Automatic billing charges for course materials on tuition statements are taking college students by surprise while limiting ...

Despite growing online markets for discounted books, the average cost of college textbooks has risen four times faster than the rate of inflation over the past 10 years. That has caused 65 percent of ...

As University of Massachusetts students enter spring semester classes, and reading assignments begin piling up, the increasing price of textbooks has sparked conversation around campus and left many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students can spend hundreds of dollars on books. Tuition isn't the only higher education expense that makes paying for college ...

Some textbook publishers have come out with a software application that would make its 7,000 titles available on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. An e-textbook would cost half the amount of the actual ...