Amazon.com has launched Kindle Textbook Rental -- a new program that enables university students to rent the textbooks they need for courses while realizing substantial savings off the list prices of ...

Amazon Prime subscribers who are also books lovers may be missing out on a great perk for their Kindle device and app; and it's not Prime Reading.

First Reads gets you early access to new books across popular genres. Prime members get free Kindle e-books every month from a list hand-picked by editors.

Juggernaut Amazon is striking another blow at the traditional textbook industry by offering semester-long rentals of physical books. The listings for a number of textbooks now include a "rent" option ...

It’s a very frustrating part of the college experience. You pay more than $100 for a textbook, haul it home and then never open it. You turn it in at the end of the semester and get a pittance back.

Amazon opened its first physical Amazon Books store in 2015 in Seattle, Washington. The stores sold books and other items curated from Amazon's website. They are now closed. Stock was based largely on ...