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J.K. Rowling Launches Mysterious ‘Potter’ Site

Christian Allaire — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:52:47 +0000

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‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling has launched a mysterious new website, reports CTV.

The site, pottermore.com, offers nothing more than a signed message from the author saying “Coming soon…” and two owls on each side.

Spokeswoman Rebecca Salt confirmed that the site is indeed a new project for Rowling, but says it is “not a new book” and “not directly related” to the final movie, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” which comes out next month.

Salt says they “aren’t saying any more than that!”

Very mysterious indeed. Obviously, the site is somewhat related to ‘Harry Potter’ because of the owls and timely launch of the site. Why would she release it now, on the verge of the final film? Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

BooksForSchool.ca Launches New Design to Help Canadian University Students Save Money

andPOP Staff — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:16:30 +0000

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Canada’s best online textbook exchange service just got a lot easier to use. BooksForSchool.ca, a free online textbook exchange service for post-secondary students, has just relaunched it’s web site with a brand new design and easier to use features.

Benefits include:

- 100% FREE service for students across Canada
- Connecting buyers and sellers who want to exchange or sell used textbooks
- Streamlined interface

Concerned over the high cost of education, rising tuitions, living expenses and onerous textbook fees, student developers were motivated to find creative ways to manage the accumulating student debt load. As a result of much research and hard work by student developers, students across the nation now have an efficient system to save money and time through use of the free online textbook exchange service.

WHAT IS AN ONLINE TEXTBOOK EXCHANGE SERVICE?

It is a web site that facilitates the direct exchange of post-secondary textbooks between students. Members may buy, sell or exchange their new and used textbooks without surcharges. There are NO membership fees for students wishing to access the “booksforschool.ca” web site and NO commission fees to buy or sell books.

“Textbook fees continue to rise and schools continue to devalue buyback offers on used textbooks.” said Daniel Levine, creator of BooksForSchool.ca. “We let the market – the students – determine the price of textbooks through supply and demand.”

With BooksForSchool.ca, students do not have to conduct extensive searches to try and find others selling their old books, or rummage through the long lines of their school’s used book store, only to come away empty handed. Instead, students simply enter the ISBN # of a textbook and our service will quickly show them what’s available on our site.

At the end of each semester, students can post their books on the BooksForSchool.ca web site and retain much of their original investment than they would receive from their school’s bookstore.

“Since BooksForSchool.ca is a country wide initiative, outdated books in one province, retain almost full value in another province,” boasts Paul Levine. “We are very excited to offer this improved service to Canadian students.”

BooksForSchool.ca is a free service that is open to all residents of Canada who are looking to achieve maximum savings on new textbooks and earn a substantial return on their used textbook investments.

Founded in 2003, BooksForSchool.ca pioneered the nation-wide online textbook exchange service in Canada. In 2005, BooksForSchool.ca combined textbook swapping with social networking, enabling students to minimize expenses and make it easier to buy and sell new and used textbooks.

BooksForSchool.ca is a completely free service for university and college students. The BooksForSchool.ca web site can be accessed by visiting: http://www.booksforschool.ca.

Kelly Rowland to Write Children’s Books

Irene Ogrodnik — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:33:46 +0000

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Kelly Rowland is about to become an author for children’s books.

The former “Destiny’s Child” singer confessed to People magazine, during a backstage break in Cannes Friday, that she is set to work on the new project for kids.

“I’m getting into different ventures. I’m in the process of writing a children’s book,” said Rowland. But the “Bootylicious” singer couldn’t divulge anymore information.

“Everything is confidential right now, but I’m really excited because I’ve talked to some different publishing companies and got some people interested.”

Rowland says the inspiration behind her decision to write for children were her five godchildren: “I love my god-kids! I love kids!”

BooksForSchool.ca Adds New Features to Help Canadian Students Save Money

andPOP Staff — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:45:27 +0000

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Canada’s largest online textbook exchange service just got a lot easier to use. BooksForSchool.ca, a free online textbook exchange service for post-secondary students, implemented the recently announced features which provide additional services and benefits to students.

Benefits include:

- Connecting buyers and sellers who want to exchange or sell used textbooks
- Offer discount coupons and promotions which also attract more viewers
- Allow students to print their online listings to post around their school

WHAT IS AN ONLINE TEXTBOOK EXCHANGE SERVICE?

It is a web site that facilitates the direct exchange of post-secondary textbooks between students. Members may buy, sell or exchange their new and used textbooks without surcharges. There are NO membership fees for students wishing to access the “BooksForSchool.ca” web site and NO commission fees to buy or sell books.

“Maximized exposure for textbooks listed online, is key to helping students become aware of discounts available to them ,” said Lawson Hennick, student press coordinator of the BooksForSchool.ca web site. “BooksForSchool.ca now allows students to print out a poster version of the textbooks they have available online which they can then circulate around their University or College campus.”

BooksForSchool.ca matches younger students with older students and vice versa, to help facilitate the sale of textbooks. Web site tools automatically inform students by email when a required textbook becomes available.

BooksForSchool.ca is a completely free service for students who wish to buy, sell or trade textbooks thereby allowing a student to retain much more of the initial investment when selling their textbooks online.

Student developer Paul Levine points out, “our peers saved over $25,000 nation-wide last year using BooksForSchool.ca and this fact has made our efforts very rewarding. Watching the growth of BooksForSchool.ca last year was very exciting and we are projecting a $50,000 savings for our members in the upcoming school year.”

BooksForSchool.ca is a completely free service for university and college students. The BooksForSchool.ca web site can be accessed by visiting: BooksForSchool.ca.

Contact:
Lawson Hennick
lawson@booksforschool.ca

BooksForSchool.ca Saves Canadian Students Over $10,000

andPOP Staff — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:34:28 +0000

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Free Online Service Helps Ease Post-Secondary Expenses

January 9, 2006 – Toronto, Ont.- BooksForSchool.ca, a free online resource for Canadian post-secondary school students to buy, sell and trade their post-secondary textbooks, announced today that collectively, members of the online book swap web site have saved over $10,000. BooksForSchool.ca helps reduce the costs of post-secondary textbooks by creating an online community of buyers and sellers for post-secondary textbooks.

An online textbook exchange service is a web site that facilities the direct exchange of post-secondary textbooks between students. Members may buy, sell or exchange their new & used textbooks without surcharges.

“I have been a member of BooksForSchool.ca since last September.?, says Max Zubrick, ?Since then I have sold 3 textbooks, providing me with a return well above what the Ryerson book store was willing to give me to buy my books back. I also bought 2 textbooks that I needed for my courses. On one of them, booksforschool.ca saved me over 50% off the book store price!.”

BooksForSchool.ca matches students with others across Canada who have the textbooks they need. Website tools automatically inform students by email when a required textbook becomes available. BooksForSchool.ca is completely free to buy, sell or trade textbooks so students can retain much more of their initial investment when selling their textbooks online.

?When we created BooksForSchool.ca we wanted to build a place where textbooks could be bought and sold by students for less than the cost at University book stores? says co-founder Paul Levine, ?Collectively the founders of BooksForSchool.ca have saved almost $700. This is a small fraction of the total savings realized by other students all across Canada.?

Founded in 2003, BooksForSchool.ca pioneered the country wide online textbook exchange service in Canada. In 2005, BooksForSchool.ca combined textbook swapping with social networking, enabling students to decrease their expenses and make it easier to buy and sell new and used textbooks. Today, BooksForSchool.ca has grown into Canada?s largest online textbook exchange service for post secondary students.

BooksForSchool.ca is a completely free service for university and college
students. The BooksForSchool.ca web site can be accessed by visiting:
http://www.booksforschool.ca.

Students Launch Textbook Exchange Web Site

andPOP Staff — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:23:28 +0000

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A group of enterprising university students has launched “BooksForSchool.ca,” Canada?s first free textbook exchange web site, based on a social networking concept, which links students within similar schools and courses. BooksForSchool.ca helps reduce the costs of post-secondary textbooks by creating an online community of buyers and sellers.

Motivated by concern over the high cost of education, rising tuitions, living expenses and onerous textbook fees, student developers were anxious to find creative ways to manage the accumulating student debt load. As a result of the hard work put into the development of BooksForSchool.ca, students now have a convenient system to save money and time with the free online textbook exchange service.

An online textbook exchange service is a web site that facilities the direct exchange of post-secondary textbooks between students. Members may buy, sell or exchange their new and used textbooks without surcharges.

“Textbook fees continue to rise and schools continue to devalue buyback offers on used textbooks,” said Lawson Hennick, press coordinator of the BooksForSchool.ca web site. “BooksForSchool.ca allows students to determine the price of textbooks without the added expense of the middleman.”

BooksForSchool.ca matches students with others across Canada who have the textbooks they need. Web site tools automatically inform students by email when a required textbook becomes available. BooksForSchool.ca is completely free to buy, sell or trade textbooks so students can retain much more of their initial investment when selling their textbooks online.

“Since BooksForSchool.ca is a national initiative, books which may be outdated in one province may retain full value in another province,” explains student web developer Paul Levine. “We are very excited to share this cost saving opportunity to students across the country.?

BooksForSchool.ca is a completely free service for university and college students. The BooksForSchool.ca web site can be accessed by visiting: http://www.booksforschool.ca.