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Many Publishers Sue Audible Over New Feature

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Big wigs of the book publishers have mutually filed litigation against Audible, Amazon-owned audiobook company, over an innovative, controversial speech-to-text characteristic, the scholarly circle considers a copyright law infringement. The top five publishers: HarperCollins, Macmillan, Hachette, Simon and Schuster and Penguin Random House, filed the lawsuit in the Southern District Court of New York. The San Francisco based publisher Chronicle Books and Scholastic, a major children’s publisher who also possesses publishing rights to Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, are also included in filing the lawsuit. All the complainants are members of the Association of American Publishers. Audible has revealed...

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Donations Accepted

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Donate Via Crypto Our main aim is to help students save money, especially when the college has become very expensive and tuition fees are soaring, graduates are getting buried in debt and the quality of education may not be improving by the same ratio as it's cost. Although textbooks are a small portion of the total cost, they alone can increase a student's bill by thousands of dollars! That's where we come in. We contact publishers, but most authors to try and get them to give us really good discounts. Our margins are very very thin (almost non-existent) and support,...

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New and Easier Domain – College.BZ

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Hello Dear Friends! Our older domain was a bit too long and some of you had voiced suggestions that we shorten it. We listened to you and now, its much shorter and easier to remember. Don't worry, the old one will work as well (it will divert you to the new domain!). Our Old Domain Was: CollegeStudentTextBooks.com Our New Domain Is: College.bz College.BZ = College Student Text Books :) And since we are a business (helping students), there's a .BZ in the end. Hope you all like it. Do send us your comments and suggestions, and as always, keep requesting...

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Frequently Asked Questions!

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Is there anything you want to ask us? Do check out these frequently asked questions that people and students usually ask us via text, email, and chat. The probability is, your question has already been answered here :)   Question 1: How soon will I get my order/ebook? Answer: Immediately! It’s emailed to you as soon as the order is confirmed. You can also go to ‘My Account‘ (if you made one before or while ordering) and download your purchases from there.   Question 2: I did not receive an email after the order, what do I do? Answer:...

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McGraw-Hill and Cengage Merge

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Two giant textbook publishers, McGraw-Hill and Cengage plan to come together in an agreement that will create the 2nd-largest provider of college textbooks and other higher-education materials in the United States. The merger will be called McGraw-Hill and will be led by Cengage's CEO, Michael Hansen. Previously known as McGraw Hill Education Inc and Cengage Learning II Inc., both the companies are counting the all-stock deal as a rare merger of equals, that will help them in the new evolving market of digital books and online educational content. The decision came as soft sales were observed in both the higher...

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