Sentences with phrase «out of the textbook business»

On Monday, News Corporation announced that it had signed an agreement to buy 90 percent of Wireless Generation for $ 360 million in cash, its first foray into the for - profit world of education since its book publishing arm, Harper Collins, got out of the textbook business in the mid-1990s.

Not exact matches

There's no textbook that can ever prepare you for all the in's and out's of running your own business.

I can understand more the textbook vendors being scared of being put out of business (especially with the prices they charge) but for «normal» scholarly books that may be used a few times with the glut of information scholars have.

Amazon has ironed out an agreement with the University of Massachusetts to take over the schools textbook business from Follett.

But back in 2008, my two best textbook publishing clients suddenly stopped using freelancers, and the bottom dropped out of my business just like that.

While Borders stores have all but closed and went out of business, B&N continues to open more university and college stores and now has over 635 that focus on textbooks.

Being a small business owner can teach you lessons that you can't get out of a textbook and all of your hard work and sacrifices will pay you back immensely.

While your main focus should be on your studies, the skills you learn from starting your own business are just as important as what you're getting out of a textbook.

Amazon Warehouse is a business of Amazon that sells quality used products and rents out used textbooks.