I have written extensively 1Â about the possible move to digital textbooks, and how an aggressive move to lower pricing could work to benefit the publishers and the students. NOTE: Â Please, after reading through here, share your thoughts to my question...
Access to the homework tool (included in the purchase of a NEW textbook) would cost students $10 if they chose to instead by a book used. Of course, that would only give them access to the homework assignments. There was an additional fee ($30 I believe) if they wanted to have the "PLUS" features, including the hyperlinking to the appropriate section of the text.
With all the discussion about the Kindle, the Sony eReader, and other “digital book” devices, it is sometimes hard to remember we are at the beginning of what could be a significant transformation of how we read. Amazon has given...
In my last post, I put forward my argument for how digital textbooks can result in a win-win for publishers, students and authors. (Okay, so I didn’t mention the authors. I hope it doesn’t take much to realize that more...
Those who know me personally know I have a strong desire to see digital textbooks succeed. I think it has the potential to deliver a Win-Win for most of the major stakeholders, including the authors, the publishers, the environment (potentially)...