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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. YinYang/Getty, Maria Kovalets / EyeEm/Getty, Tyler Le/Insider College students say they often struggle to afford to pay for ...

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 ...

As a new academic year kicks off, maybe your first in college, I want to share some advice, whether at a community college, a four-year university or a public or private institution. It is about ...

Summer vacation is over, and it is time to whip out those pocketbooks once again for classroom expenses. According to an estimate by The College Board, a national nonprofit organization that connects ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Returning students should note that textbooks at the BYU Bookstore are now shelved alphabetically by author instead of by course and section number. This new approach requires that students print ...