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Amazon Takes On Chegg, B&N And Others With Its New Paper Textbook Rental Service

Last year, Amazon launched electronic textbook rentals for Kindle users that promised to save students up to 80% of their textbooks’ list prices. Now, just in time for back-to-school season, the Seattle-based company has also launched a rental service for good old paper textbooks. This program, says Amazon, can save U.S. students up to 70% off the regular retail price. Students will be allowed to keep the books for 130 days. Students, unless they sign up for Amazon Prime or order books worth more than $25, will have to pay...

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Published By: Tech Crunch - Monday, 6 August, 2012