BY ALICIA KRAMME, Daily Iowan
Starting next semester, students will be able to purchase some of their textbooks without ever setting foot outside their homes. The University Bookstore plans to offer 125 e-book titles through its website next semester. This fall is the first time they have offered e-books, but students had to purchase them in the store. The books cost around 40 percent of the price of their new print versions. The store has sold 97 e-books since the first day of classes and Richard Shannon, the University Bookstore general manager, said that number may rise once the e-books become available on the bookstore’s website. “Everybody in the market is looking for ways to lower the price of textbooks — whether that’s through rentals, used books, or e-books,” he said.
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