Amazon.com Launches Textbook Trade-In

Simmi Aujla at The Chronicle of Higher Education: Wired Campus is reporting that Amazon.com will be starting a trade-in program for textbooks. The program is seen as competing for bookstores. The implications for open textbooks is unknown, though changes in buy-back rates may affect financial benefit arguments.

Thanks to Cable Green for the link.


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