Chegg allows students to read books online while they wait for their hardcopy books. Online textbook rental company Chegg wants college students to visit its website all year round, not just in the ...

Textbook rentals have grown exponentially over the past few years. So much so that Amazon, which has long taken a bite out of new and used textbook sales on campus, entered the rental market last ...

With the economic recession adding to the strain on students’ wallets, many are now choosing to stop buying expensive textbooks and rent them instead. The book rental model, which allows students to ...

Textbook rental companies are flourishing as college students seek alternatives. Some may call it “Netflix for textbooks,” but what David Comisford really wants to call his new venture is “successful.

College textbook rental startup BookRenter has raised $40 million in funding from Adams Capital Management, Comerica Bank, Focus Ventures, Lighthouse Capital Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, and ...

Student services company Chegg announced plans last week to acquire the online coding school Thinkful. To investors in the ed-tech space, the deal was not a surprising one -- lots of ed-tech companies ...

Dan Rosensweig, a high-profile technology executive, is the new president and chief executive officer of the online textbook rental company Chegg.com. The appointment, which was announced by Chegg.com ...

CHEGG IT OUT: Chegg, a publicly-traded provider of textbook rentals and online student services, has acquired StudyBlue, a company that offers study tools such as flashcards, for $20.8 million in cash ...