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Time for electronic textbooks?
Time for electronic textbooks?
Continue reading the Original Blog PostThe University of Texas is going to start experimenting with low-cost electronic textbooks that students can download to their computers. Sounds like an excellent idea.
One goal is to lower costs, which are way out of hand in the acedemic world. This is true for textbooks. This is true for academic proceedings. This is true for journals. The market is ripe for a market-jarring 10x cost reduction in...