Florida college students get free online books

[Nate the great]

The board that oversees Florida's state universities has launched a program that will offer free online textbooks to students; the program makes printed books available as well, for about half the price that students now pay every semester.

More than 120 textbooks are available to Florida state university students for downloading free of charge through the program, called Orange Grove Texts Plus. The initiative is a partnership with University Press of Florida. And if a student wants a printed book, he or she can buy the text for up to half off the prices found at most retail and online book stores, University Press officials said. The books will be sold for $29 to $54 apiece.

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