College textbook prices are soaring into the hundreds of dollars, but in some courses this fall, students won’t pay a dime.
The catch: Their textbooks will have ads for companies including FedEx Kinko’s and Pura Vida coffee.
A small Minnesota startup is trying to shake up the status quo in the $6 billion college textbook industry. Freeload Press will offer more than 100 titles this fall, mostly for business courses, completely free.
Students, or anyone else who fills out a five-minute survey, can download a PDF file of the book, which they can store on their hard drive and print.
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