BookRenter vies with Chegg for textbook rental action
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Open-source textbook co. Flat World goes back to school with 40,000 new customers
Flat World Knowledge, publisher of free, open-source online college textbooks, says it has expanded its customer-base exponentially in the last year from 1,000 students at 30 universities to 40,000 at 400 universities headed into this fall — its busiest time of year. VentureBeat last reported… Continue Reading
Did textbook site Chegg raise $15M from Kleiner Perkins? Not exactly
We’re hearing that a funding rumor going around about used textbook site Chegg isn’t quite right. Chegg has some new venture backing, but the details of TechCrunch’s story reporting that Chegg raised $15 million from Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers aren’t quite right, multiple sources… Continue Reading
Used textbook site, Chegg, hits nerve
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Used textbook site, Chegg, has hit a nerve.
Chegg is undercutting the prices of textbooks at college bookstores, and a recent BusinessWeek article about the Santa Clara, Calif. company has climbed to second place on Digg’s “Top in 24 Hours” page (as of this writing)…. Continue Reading