MatchBooks – A Great Idea!
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of MatchBook for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
Everyone knows, collage education is expensive these days. So,if you’re paying for college or know somebody who is, you know what I’m talking about. Paying tuition is just part of the financial strain, that forces many students to live on a tight budget. That’s not all, the financial expense can put a strain on the entire family. Then, to add to that, there is the expense of books each quarter. Textbooks can be very costly, especially when students need to spend $100-$200 for just one textbook. That’s more than $1,000 a year, in out of pocket expense. It can definitely be a huge hit to the wallet and pain point for students on a tight budget (and their families). It can even make a difference in attending or not attending classes.
Now, you can breathe easier and keep attending those classes. Thanks to MatchBooks. Their mission is simple but powerful: Matching Your Textbooks (content) so You Can Read for FREE!
Here’s how it works: Let’s say you are taking General/Intro Psychology (101) this Spring semester, and the assigned book is “Psychology” Myers 9th edition. MatchBooks, has a FREE “matched book” for Myers Psych, that you can read online, with NO expiration date and NO fee! You don’t even have to go anywhere to get the information you need, when you need it.
The team at Matchurbook.com starts with a high-quality open textbook. Then, they match it to the expensive book being used in a large “intro” course, like psychology. MatchBooks, then follows the same chapter order, covers the same topics per chapter, and includes the same key terms as the assigned textbook, giving you a “matched book” that you can read for FREE online! In many cases, you can even take psychology classes at home online, and just go in for testing. I did! Even better, NOW you can do it all online, the entire course. What makes MatchBooks even better is, you don’t need to worry about getting your copy. I can recall, having to wait for a shipment to arrive of the course book I needed, and class had already started! Just another reason, MatchBooks is such an amazing concept.
In the example here, the MatchBook team took, Introduction to Psychology by Charles Stangor, and rearranged the content to match the order of topics in the ninth edition of Psychology by David Myers. MatchBook for Myers Psych, is the very first MatchBook created. Students, you will want to be among the first to check it out at matchurbook.com.
Early reviews by both students and professors, are very positive, with more MatchBooks coming later this year, in different subjects.
Professors always take great care in selecting the right textbook for the courses they teach. There’s no question that students need access to the assigned textbooks to do well in class. But, the good news is, if students aren’t buying textbooks because they can’t afford them, MatchBooks is there to help!
MatchBooks, represent the best of all worlds: high quality textbooks written by great authors, that are matched to the assigned textbooks. MatchBooks, are published under a Creative Commons open license, which makes it possible for students to read online for FREE! NO catch and NO expiration date.
Matchurbook.com is a project of Flat World Knowledge on Facebook, the world’s largest publisher of free and open college textbooks. Be sure to like them on Facebook. MatchBooks, is here to make a difference in meeting your educational goals!