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Discounted Textbooks for Students

The University System of Ohio held an April 2008 Textbook Affordability Symposium, bringing together students, faculty, bookstore managers, publishers, and key civic and community leaders to share best practices and develop strategies for helping reduce student out-of-pocket costs for college textbooks and related materials

An outcome of the symposium was an Aug. 27, 2008, announcement from Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut that the University System of Ohio has entered into an agreement with the nation’s six largest commercial publishers to offer Ohio college students significant discounts on electronic textbook purchases.

Effective immediately, students purchasing e-textbooks through the Ohio Textbook Portal at http://textbooks.uso.edu will receive a University System of Ohio discount on the purchase of electronic textbooks. Students will also be able to purchase discounted digital material, which supplements textbooks, such as articles, cases, stand-alone textbook chapters, and other copyrighted materials.

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