Page C6, Sunday, February 20, 2011 Carroll County Times

LIFE & TIMES

Anniversary
E-readers popular for students
Textbooks can be cheaper digitally ONLINE
To learn more about
Besides tuition, one of The first thing students
the Tech Council
the biggest expenses col- will have to overcome is
lege students face are the cost of an e- reader. Isabel DeFeo visit: www.carrolltech
textbooks. Prices for e- readers vary, Tech Tips council.org.
In the past, many stu- but students will pay any-
dents depended on buy- where from $100 to $500 a little easier on the wallet.
publishing industry
ing used textbooks in for one. Which e- reader
changes, the options
order to reduce their ex- a person should choose to Isabel DeFeo is owner of
penses, but many pub- get is a whole other arti- should expand.
If you are planning to I.M.A. Web Design, as well
lishers now update cle. as a part-time English in-
editions of books every Remember that an e- take a college course or
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Parrish Sr. have a child who is in col- structor at Carroll Commu-
couple of years. reader is a one- time cost,
nity College and Frederick
50 years That means a book’s life and when balanced with lege, explore the option of
as used is relatively short the savings of buying four purchasing an e- book, es- Community College. She is
Gerald L. Sr. and Suzanne Suzanne P. Parrish was these days. years worth of textbooks pecially if you already also vice president and web
P. Parrish, of Westminster, employed in the automobile In recent years, many at the regular price versus have an e- reader and like chair of the Carroll Tech-
celebrated their 50th an- industry. college students have the cheaper e- book price, it. nology Council. She can be
niversary Dec. 30, 2010, They are the parents of turned to sites like Ama- a student should still It could provide incredi- reached at idefeo@ima
with a dinner and visit to Gerald L. Parrish Jr. and zon.com to reduce their come out ahead in a sav- ble savings making things marketing.com.
the National Aquarium in wife Cheryl, and David P. costs. Often, students ings.
Baltimore. may save 10 percent or Another benefit of an e-
Parrish and wife Michelle,
The couple was married more off the cost of book is the light weight.
Dec. 30, 1960, in LaVale, all of Westminster; and the
books. Online sites often Many books, especially
with the Rev. B.F. Hartman late Melanie F. Hamlin. do not have the overhead for the sciences and math,
officiating. They have four grand- costs that traditional are large and they are
Gerald L. Parrish Sr. was daughters, two grandsons, stores have. heavy.
self- employed in the auto- and one great- granddaugh- As more and more peo- Downloading those
mobile industry. ter. ple turn to e- books for books into a single light-
enjoyment, colleges and weight e- reader drops the
ANNOUNCEMENT POLICY even publishers are ex- weight dramatically. In
ploring e- books as op- spite of the weight, some
The Times publishes news of local engagements, tions for college students find flipping
weddings and anniversaries for free. A color photo- textbooks. through e- books cumber-
graph is acceptable. There are both benefits some compared to a tra-
Announcement forms are available at the Times of- and drawbacks to using e- ditional book. With
fice, 201 Railroad Ave., Westminster, between 8 a.m. books as well as e- read- traditional books, a stu-
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Forms must be ers. dent can also take notes
turned in by Monday at 5 p.m. to be included in the One of the benefits of within the margin.
following Sunday’s edition. e- books for college text- People must consider
Engagement information must reach the office at books is the cost. In many what they prefer in terms
least one month prior to the wedding date. Wedding instances, students can of a textbook. Some peo-
information must reach the office within four months save 30 percent to 50 per- ple openly embrace e-
of the wedding. Anniversary information must mark cent by purchasing an e- books, but there are many
at least the 10th anniversary. book. However, many who prefer traditional
e- book sellers offer these books over the electronic
books for a limited period version.
of time. One example of Some colleges are offer-
this is Course Smart, ing select books in both

Cheap summer which has many of its

books expire after 180
days.
Still, even if the book
formats, so students can
choose the format they
prefer.
This limits the colleges’

airfares will be expires, the savings may

be worth it for a strug-
gling college student.
options, but satisfies stu-
dent’s preferences and
learning styles. As the

hard to come by
Watching websites key to deals
ASSOCIATED PRESS spot. They often run from
Tuesdays through Thurs-
DALLAS — It will take days. Last week, Southwest
some digging and maybe a Airlines put many U.S. des-
bit of luck to score a cheap tinations on sale for as low
airfare for this summer. as $138 round trip, with
So far airlines are with- blackout days around Easter
holding their deepest dis- and on Fridays and Sundays.
counts from prime summer Other airlines matched the
travel periods, although prices.
they have been offering To find the most deals, ex-
sales for domestic and in- perts like Hobica and Tom
ternational flights this Parsons, of bestfares.com,
spring — even some as- advise travelers to sign up
tounding bargains. for airline loyalty programs
The sudden and tempo- and alerts from travel web-
rary nature of the deepest sites, and to follow the same
sales makes it harder for sources on Twitter.

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Lufthansa mistakenly pric- deals have been limited to
ed flights without fuel sur- travel before late May.
charges, and the lower Parsons says travelers
prices lasted only until the should look for one airline
German carrier fixed the to break free from the pack
error, which wasn’t long. and extend a sale into the
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