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Free Textbooks/Study Guides from Boundless.com?
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Is anyone familiar with this?

https://www.boundless.com/books/

I just came across the link in an online article about college textbook inflation. It looks like this could provide another good free resource for those needing textbooks/study guides for classes or for CLEP/DSST/ECE/TECEP exams. First Saylor & Flat World Knowledge textbooks, now this! It's a good time to be involved with alternatives for higher education! Smile
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#2
Did you try to sign up for a book? I got one book for free, but they require that you get a share on Facebook for each additional book. It sounds like a minor annoyance for free books that may or may not align with the course you're taking, but it's enough for me to look elsewhere.
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#3
Never mind. I found a way to read the books online without signing up for an account. It just requires a lot of clicking and there's no placeholding.
Graduate of Not VUL or ENEB
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert
AAS, AS, BA, and BS
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
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#4
sanantone Wrote:Never mind. I found a way to read the books online without signing up for an account. It just requires a lot of clicking and there's no placeholding.

Still sounds kind of annoying, but given the price I suppose it could be worth it.
BA in History, TESC, Graduated September 2010
MA in History, American Public University, currently pursuing
Virginia teaching license, currently pursuing

Check out Degree Forum Wiki for more information on putting together your own degree plan!

My BA History degree plan.
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#5
sanantone Wrote:Never mind. I found a way to read the books online without signing up for an account. It just requires a lot of clicking and there's no placeholding.

But it seems that only certain subjects have textbooks available for reading without an account. I went ahead and signed up for an account, but I can't see anything at all. I just get this forever spinning circle, but the content never loads. :/ I guess I'll have to buy a regular ole' textbook!
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[quote=Snickerdoodle]But it seems that only certain subjects have textbooks available for reading without an account. I went ahead and signed up for an account, but II can't see anything at all. I just get this forever spinning circle, but the content never loads. :/ I guess I'll have to buy a regular ole' textbook![/QUOiTE]

If it is too good to be true, it almost always is. Its safer to just buy books and sell them back or pass the on to friends n family than risk geting caught in some scam or fraud.
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