Textbooks are expensive. Like, really expensive. The College Board estimates a full-time undergrad will spend a staggering $1,200 per year on books and supplies. Which is why, increasingly, students ...

On top of the basic functionality — letting you buy or rent textbooks to read via an internet-connected device — it includes a way to highlight and save text, write notes in the margins, write notes ...

Online college textbook rental company Chegg is getting out of textbook ownership to stay in the textbook rental business. Chegg, which competes with Amazon on physical textbook rentals but preceded ...

Chegg has unveiled a new HTML5-based reader for its textbook rental service, allowing users to add highlights, take notes, and connect to the company’s online services, all from a regular web browser.

College students’ backpacks are getting heavier and their textbook receipts are getting longer, but their backs aren’t getting stronger. Students may feel a lighter load, however, with the recent ...

Pricey textbooks have become an unwelcome tradition at most colleges. Required texts can cost more than $250 new, and the rates are only going up. The cost of books leapt 82 percent between 2002 and ...

Last August Chegg, which has developed a number of services for college students, announced that it had formed a strategic alliance with Ingram Content Group to accelerate its transition to digital.