I am one of the few students out there who likes coursepacks.

Coursepacks are small, easy to use and don’t take up too much space. But once the semester ends, I often realize that I have spent $50 on a bound volume of photocopied books that has zero resale value.

A small start-up company called Curiosity Coursepacks may have found the answer. Started by a group of Northewestern students, the company prints legal coursepacks for free.

The catch? They sell advertising in the back of their coursepacks. This isn’t really a catch at all. In fact, it makes complete sense. Reading a few ads is well worth not having to pay a hefty chunk of cash for a coursepack.

Better yet, the company currently operates at Northwestern and Penn. So professors should take note: Your students will love you if your class offers free coursepacks. And students should make sure that their professors investigate this option for next semester’s classes.

Students are a high-potential demographic for any advertiser. Given the skyrocketing costs of learning at a place like Penn, Curiosity Coursepacks allows students to leverage our demographic to actually save some money.

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