In an effort to help students save money on text books, the well known textbook website, CampusBooks.com, is offering [1] free smartphone applications to the tech-savvy students.
In a press release [2] , CampusBooks.com [3] said that the free iPhone and Android ( News - Alert ) apps complement the site's powerful money-saving search engine and price-comparison tool to help the students get the book with mobile ease.
Students often can’t afford to buy books from expensive college book stores. Sometimes, students are in the immediate need for the book. Off-campus bookstores and borrowing from libraries can be a cost-effective option. But students often tend to overlook these options. CampusBooks.com has been offering textbook price comparison service online since 1999, and now with the recently launched application, CampusBooks.com is all set to cater to the needs of the tech-savvy, cash-strapped and sometimes last-minute student.
The CampusBooks iPhone ( News - Alert ) and Android application allows the students to scan barcodes or manually search for books.
Through its giant database, the site offers a price aggregation program, designed to help the students with the best deals on new, used, rental and e-textbooks. The service compares prices from Amazon, Chegg, and Half, as well as more than 40 other online textbook vendors.
The GPS-enabled CampusBooks apps allow students to view and compare prices at college and local bookstores based on their current geo-location. For example, a Michigan State University student, looking for a particular book can check with the prices at two local bookstores and availability at four local libraries, in addition to the best prices online.
“Our goal is to help students find the textbooks they need, online, in store or from the library. The student can then make the choice where they want to buy. The CampusBooks Android and iPhone applications are the best on the market. Other apps offer barcode scanning, but our app is the first technology to offer students textbook prices and availability from websites, college bookstores and libraries,” said CampusBooks CEO Jeff Cohen.
Madhubanti Rudra is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page [4] .
Links
- ^ offering (finance.yahoo.com)
- ^ press release (www.tmcnet.com)
- ^ CampusBooks.com (www.campusbooks.com)
- ^ columnist page (www.tmcnet.com)
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