Today, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Benzos announced that Amazon Prime will also include free streaming of over 5,000 movies and TV shows for no additional cost. According to the announcement posted on Amazon.com, there will be no commercials and no limits to how much you can stream. This is great news for those that already use Amazon Prime.
Amazon Prime is Amazom.com’s service which allows you to purchase any eligible item and receive free two-day shipping.
Prime normally costs $79 per year but students can get it free for their first year. There is also Amazon Mom for parents or caretakers which gives free Prime benefits. For those that are neither parents nor students, try their free trial.
[Correction: You must have a paid Amazon Prime account to enjoy free movie streaming. This disqualifies Amazon Student accounts.]
Update Feb 21, 2011: This contest is now closed. The randomly-determined winner is Liz for her comment “Only 10%??? That’s…a lot. Now I see how these services get great reviews. very sneaky. Yay for cheap textbooks!”
Contest Details
For a chance to win a $25 iTunes giftcard all you need to do is watch the video below and leave at least one comment on this post about at least one of the benefits of Guaranteed Buyback (info below).
Enter as many times as you would like.
The winner will be announce Monday, Feb 21, 2011.
Guaranteed Buyback
Guaranteed Buyback is the new way to get your textbooks for even cheaper-er than renting.
How many times have you bought an expensive book (whether at school or online) hoping that the high expense will be worth the buyback price only to have your school turn down your buyback request? BookByte tries to make it a little easier on students by offering textbooks online at a discounted price!
We want to talk about textbooks… with benefits. Sounds sexy, right? It is. Think of it as a guaranteed hookup with no strings attached that leaves everyone satisfied.
Who knew learning could be so hot? With our Guaranteed Buyback program’s huge… savings… it is!
Our 1980s Contest comes to a close today, so it is time to announce the winners: Michelle and Kareem. You win our prize packs. I will be contacting you shortly to get a shipping address.
[Editor’s note: Winners selects with random.org random number generator.]
CourseSmart, the largest provider of eTextbooks and digital course materials, and CollegeHumor, are looking for students who work smarter, not harder. Think you have a shot at being America’s Smartest Slacker?
Submit a brief written essay about your best “slacker” story for the chance to win $1,000, a year of free eTextbooks from CourseSmart, the reigning title of “America’s Smartest Slacker,” and have your story turned into an animated video on CollegeHumor.
CourseSmart and CollegeHumor will select the winning essay based on how smart and creative the academic shortcut (with big results) was and, of course, humor.
Submissions are being accepted now through Monday, February 7th. The deadline is approaching fast, so don’t be a slacker about this.
[This contest is open to U.S. college students over the age of 18. Sorry to our international users.]
This post is brought to you by CourseSmart. CourseSmart provides eTextbooks and digital course materials that improve the higher education learning process by offering instructors and students a unique combination of the right course material, anywhere, any-time access and a low cost. As the world’s largest digital course materials supplier, CourseSmart has a rapidly growing digital library of more than 90% of core higher education textbooks offered as eTextbooks, the same titles produced by major publishers in print and recommended by faculty across North America. The company’s eTextbooks can be purchased for up to 60% less than print texts and offer users the ability to print what they need as well as search and copy and paste features which help to streamline students’ studies.
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