Considering that you can only rent e-books as it is, it's hard to see what the big draw is here. The article suggests " College students may be able to save as much as 70 percent off their textbooks" but I'm sure few will ever see that level of savings. From where I sit this seems like a cynical effort to kill the used textbook market in order to eliminate the expense of creating new editions every year. Of course, the effort is sure to be successful: " McGraw-Hill Education currently has distribution agreements with Barnes & Noble Education, through its Barnes & Noble College and MBS Textbook Exchange subsidiaries, and Chegg." That means students will be stuck using this service, even when it costs them more.
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