Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Santa Clara startup Kno offers e-textbook rentals for K-12 students


Silicon Valley startup Kno is betting that parents will want to send their kids back to school with a lighter backpack.
The Santa Clara company and publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Monday night that they are renting out digital textbooks to K-12 students. Each textbook, which can be accessed on an Apple (AAPL) iPad or a Web browser, can be rented for $9.99 or less for a school year. Kno had previously offered only college e-textbooks.
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