What do Generation Y college students want and need?
Smart phones, laptops and “cheap” student tools… So when your in college and the most important tools you need cost quite a bit, spending an extra $250 plus a semester on bulky text books is financially irritating when your already in debt. For years, students have been trying to find of a solution to this problem. They have tried sharing books and ordering cheap used ones online. But recently, due to technology changes and a new set of needs, college students started to dream up a machine that can crunch textbooks and spit out digital files that can be read on a laptop, cell phone and e-reader. The Book scanner was developed. But most of the book scanners on the market like the one Google is using in its Google Books project cost a fortune, putting them financially of the reach for a library’s budget and the lone student in need. Some ingenious students even took matters into their own hands by building their own and marketing them online as “DIY book scanners”. Although they may be
