Textbooks have always been an expensive requirement of attending university, but prices have risen considerably in recent decades.
According to the Canadian Federation of Students, the cost of textbooks rose 2.44 times the rate of inflation between 2008 and 2015. From the 1980s to 2014, textbook costs...
For most students, textbooks are a barely affordable yet required cost every semester. The new #TextbookBroke campaign aims to spark a discussion about the increasing textbook prices for university students.
The #TextbookBroke initiative was created earlier this month by the Ontario Undergraduate...
Like many university students, I have approximately 40 cents to my name, and textbooks have a price tag that makes my heart skip a beat (or five).
Thankfully, I’ve found a way to be sale savvy; I haven’t paid full price for a textbook this year, and I don’t plan on doing so ever again. Below are my...
Chris Tabor, the general manager at the Campus Bookstore, agrees with the common sentiment that textbooks are ridiculously priced.
“If these prices seem ridiculous, it’s because they are,” he said.
Many students are agitated by the high prices of required textbooks for their classes while the Bookstore,...
By providing some post-secondary textbooks for free, the state of California will reverse some of the damage it’s done to students’ wallets in recent years.
Discussion surrounding an initiative of this sort began in 2009 and was finally approved by California governor Jerry Brown in late September.
He...
On Thursday, Apple Inc. announced a plan to publish textbooks on iPads. With partners Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill Cos. and Pearson, the deal covers the production of about 90 per cent of U.S. textbooks.
Digital textbooks have the potential to revolutionize the textbook industry, but Apple’s...
Instead of spending $142 on an Introduction to Biology textbook, it can now be rented for half the price.
This rental option is part of a new program at Queen’s Campus Bookstore.
Approximately half of the books required in all courses are available, Bookstore General Manager Chris Tabor said, adding...