Lighten your load and save your wallet by buying or renting digital textbooks this school year. I've been writing professionally about computers, the internet, and technology for over 30 years, more ...

Looking for the cheapest place to buy college textbooks? We got you! With all of the options to buy books, gadgets, and school supplies online, college bookstores are becoming more obscure, and ...

When Regina Kizer took online nursing classes in two graduate nursing degree programs, she bought textbooks in all different formats. “I’ve tried eBooks; I’ve tried Kindle. I’ve tried purchasing them ...

Forums: Join an online discussion about whether there will ever be a market for electronic textbooks, and why students remain uninterested in them so far. While buying books for her marketing class ...

Changes in how students take classes could also mean changes in how they prepare for them. With the increasing availability of online courses, the role of textbooks is evolving. The explosion of open ...

Former college president James Rion McKissick is said to haunt the South Caroliniana Library. He is buried in front of the building. The State file photo As the cost of college continues to increase, ...

Calling online textbooks a boon to student achievement and school district coffers, state Education Secretary Glen Thomas announced Tuesday that 10 free digital high school math and science texts are ...

There’s something magical about sharing a good book with a friend: From comparing notes on world-building to kvetching about lackluster endings or swooning over love interests, you can keep a story ...

Another attack on overpriced college textbooks has come, this time from 38 community colleges developing curricula that use open education resources. (Hat tip to Mark Perry of Carpe Diem Blog.) Think ...

While Chris Dawson, resident blogging counterpart royally annoyed the hell out of an association powering over 3,000 campus bookstores in the United States, I retreated to the Zackcave where I mulled ...