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Free Textbooks/Study Guides from Boundless.com? - IrishJohn - 12-28-2012
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!
Free Textbooks/Study Guides from Boundless.com? - sanantone - 12-29-2012
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.
Free Textbooks/Study Guides from Boundless.com? - sanantone - 12-29-2012
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.
Free Textbooks/Study Guides from Boundless.com? - IrishJohn - 12-29-2012
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.
Free Textbooks/Study Guides from Boundless.com? - Snickerdoodle - 01-04-2013
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!
Free Textbooks/Study Guides from Boundless.com? - ffdpsoldier - 01-05-2013
[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.