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A new way for college students to think about paying for affordable textbooks.

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Inspiration

Education has become more and more expensive; textbooks are a large part of the cost. NETFLIX is our inspiration on making the website.

What it does

Rental is cost effective, but limiting and frankly inconvenient. Offer super cheap subscription of each e-textbook per semester for UMD-STEM students By connecting to the school system, it recommends the textbooks student needed for each course

How we built it

By developing a website using HTML and CSS

Challenges we ran into

Not all team members are proficient with HTML and CSS. All team members are not familiar with database usage on website to store the e-textbooks and login details.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Get to know lovely teammates Built our own website!

What we learned

Understanding the actual problem can lead to breakthrough idea Asking mentors and communicating between team members can avoid lag in project development Use existing resources is the key in developing a website

What's next for TextScription:

Include books from self-published by professors Accommodate textbook exchange between students Provide textbook/learning material access to developing countries and disrupt the cycle of poverty

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