Amazon.com, Inc. today announced the launch of Amazon Textbook Rental. Now college students can choose from thousands of textbooks to rent for the semester and save up to 70%.

Young adults aged 18 to 24 can get six months of Amazon Prime membership for free, thanks to the Amazon Prime for Young ...

The textbook rental program was first launched in 2013, an Amazon spokesperson told us. Customers are not required to have an Amazon Prime or Amazon Prime Student membership in order to use it.

Whether you went to college decades ago or your child is going today, you're familiar with the time-honored and wallet-emptying tradition of buying new textbooks for a premium at the beginning of ...

Amazon is promising some significant discounts on the textbooks with up to 70% off on rentals, up to 90% off on used textbooks, and 30% off on all new books. Anyone who's been the college knows ...

Amazon charges college student $3,800 for late rental textbook. Rick Williams reports during Action News at 4 p.m. on July 9, 2019.

Amazon.com, which last year started offering rental textbooks for Kindle users, today rolled out a service for plain, paper textbooks.. Amazon will let students keep the books for up to 130 days ...

Students can now rent e-textbooks for periods from 30 to 360 days. Amazon also says that students can extend the rental period or buy its rented textbooks at any time. It’s unclear if upgrading ...

A college student incurred a $3,800 fine recently after she was four days late in returning a textbook she had rented from Amazon, CBS Philly reported. The University of Delaware student Amelia ...

"College is expensive, and students are always looking for ways to save money on textbooks, which is why we've long offered great prices on both new and used textbooks. With Textbook Rental ...

It’s no secret that college textbooks are expensive. The average student spends around $310 per year on course materials alone and a total of $1,250 for books and supplies each year at a public ...

Amazon's new textbook rental service could save college students money, but is likely to be a temporary solution for an all digital future.