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How Much Will Students Really Save Using Amazon's eTextbooks?

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First Posted: 07/21/2011 12:05 pm Updated: 09/20/2011 5:12 am

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It’s a very frustrating part of the college experience. You pay more than $100 for a textbook, haul it home and then never open it.

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It’s a very frustrating part of the college experience. You pay more than $100 for a textbook, haul it home and then never open it. ...
It’s a very frustrating part of the college experience. You pay more than $100 for a textbook, haul it home and then never open it. ...
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04:37 PM on 07/21/2011
As someone who had to buy Clark's Molecular Biology last semester (how surprised I was to see *that* book mentioned), I can't imagine reading it on a Kindle. The full color graphics alone make it worth reading on paper. Instant referencing from one section to another is another huge plus.

I use ebooks for recreational reading, but for texts I definitely need paper.
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04:13 PM on 07/21/2011
As a parent of a college senior, I love this idea but I'm not sure my son would not loose the Kindle. Our semester book rental $250 but if you loose a book...you get charged the full fee. They get you coming and going. Every yr the profs ask for a new edition and sometimes the authors have added only a small change. It is frustrating.
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