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<p class="MsoNormal">So our bookstore was taken over last year by Follett. Our campus PR states:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>Follett, which operates more than 1,100 college and university bookstores across the United States and Canada, brings the advantages of extensive supply<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>chain, economies of scale and new technology. The company offers the nation’s largest textbook rental program, an extensive selection of used, digital,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>new and OER materials, and a price-matching program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Their website is:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://highered.follett.com/">https://highered.follett.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So far it seems to be really welcomed by faculty, and when I’ve checked prices, textbooks are a bit cheaper.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One thing I’m seeing repeatedly though is how inexpensive renting digital copies of textbooks is. They are using a platform called BryteWave which I’ve never heard of.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hate to tell a student to buy an over $150 textbook for me to scan and imperfectly convert if the digital version they can rent for $34 a quarter is actually accessible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But of course, I don’t know if that textbook is accessible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s their customer service page on ebooks; it’s very generic:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://customersupportcenter.highered.follett.com/hc/en-us/articles/360061500574-Digital-Materials">
https://customersupportcenter.highered.follett.com/hc/en-us/articles/360061500574-Digital-Materials</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I found nothing about who actually provides the digital copies, only a lot of stuff about DRM. Our own bookstore site mentions BryteWave several times.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any thoughts on how I can further investigate it. The above prices were not exaggerations!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Debee<o:p></o:p></p>
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