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dave sgonechinait aims to make money by wrapping content up in "convenient" downloadable and print wrappers and selling those, along with study aides and related items.
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Claire FontaineA small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them
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“The nice thing about open content is it gives faculty full control, creative control over the content of the book, full control over timing, and it give students a lot more control over how they want to consume it and how much they want to pay,” says Eric Frank, who along with co-founder Jeff Shelstad, came from a long career in the mainstream textbook industry.
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Official launch is not until next January, when the company plans to offer eight textbooks, each written for Flat World by scholars who have also produced texts for some of the major publishing companies. It will test its business model over the next semester in a private beta with more than 20 U.S. universities.
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Maria PugaA small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them
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Shannon HolmanBut a study released last week by the Student Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) noted that subscription-based digital books are just as unaffordable, considering that a used print book can at least be resold for a while.
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urban sheepA small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them open source -- and give them away.
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arnie GrossblattStudents hate textbook publishers; textbook publishers hate that students resell, reuse, and download copies of their texts. Is there a middle ground, a sustainable business model where all parties have a sense of fairness?
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Alan LevineA small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them open source -- and give them away.
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ken ."Flat World Knowledge is the brainchild of two former textbook industry executives who learned from the inside about the wacky economy of textbooks" - steady demand, product is worthless in a year or two - "Flat World's business plan aims to exploit the i
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Jack ParkA small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them open source -- and give them away.
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Jordan Wirfs-BrockA small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them
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A small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them open source -- and give them away.
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Flat World's business plan aims to exploit the inefficiencies: Its books are online and free. Instead of charging for content it aims to make money by wrapping content up in "convenient" downloadable and print wrappers and selling those, along with study aides and related items.
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But a study released last week by the Student Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) noted that subscription-based digital books are just as unaffordable, considering that a used print book can at least be resold for a while.
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“The nice thing about open content is it gives faculty full control, creative control over the content of the book, full control over timing, and it give students a lot more control over how they want to consume it and how much they want to pay,”
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Leigh BlackallA small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them open source -- and give them away.
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Flat World's business plan aims to exploit the inefficiencies: Its books are online and free. Instead of charging for content it aims to make money by wrapping content up in "convenient" downloadable and print wrappers and selling those, along with study
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Linda WallaceA small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them open source -- and give them away.
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Douglas KarrA small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make them open source -- and give them away.
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Outsights InsightsFlat World's business plan aims to exploit the inefficiencies: Its books are online and free. Instead of charging for content it aims to make money by wrapping content up in "convenient" downloadable and print wrappers and selling those, along with study
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