Education is expensive enough without posh dorm rooms with king-size beds and plasma televisions. The campus bookstore alone can transform a portfolio in a hole black. According to a study by the Government Accountability Office, the prices of college books have increased at twice the rate of inflation in the last 20 years. A study National Association of College Stores Foundation found that 65% of students do not buy all their required course materials.
Students lost just an excuse to not read their teachers assign books by Freeload Press. The company offers free downloads of e-books written by notable, previously published scholarly authors. Students can also order a printed book for 50-60% less than in other competitive. These books are made possible through free Ad merged companies, including Discover Card, Price Waterhouse Coopers, and the College Loan Corporation.
Freeload Press is a 4-year-old company with an increasing number of textbooks in higher education in various disciplines, courses aimed at first or second year in which the textbooks are traditionally the most expensive. CEO Tom Doran projects in the near future, Freeload Press will expand substantially in the areas of business, social sciences and sciences.
Some critics argue that the advertisements embedded to other less than an academic appearance. Proponents of didactic model Freeload are quick to point the ads appear everywhere today, campus kiosks for Internet pop-ups. Moreover, the advertisements are strategically placed at the beginning or end of chapters, so as not to distract the reader. More importantly, however, is the fact that the books are written Freeload Press credible authors with a public pre-existing and through a similar process of development as the traditional books. It is the distribution that is different.
Currently, 200 instructors are assigning Freeload Press books of institutions throughout the U.S., ranging from small community colleges to renowned institutions such as Carnegie Mellon and the University of Michigan. Same some North American study abroad programs and overseas military bases are using the products. Overall, students from more than 1,900 colleges have downloaded Freeload Press books, if required by their instructors or for their own benefit as supplementary reading. After experiencing the product, many users return to the Freeload Press Web site to leave a comment expressing his gratitude.
About the Author:
Erica Nielsen is a published author and Assistant Editor of the e-learning blog XplanaZine (www.xplanazine.com).
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – Say Good-bye to Expensive Textbooks!
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