E-textbooks may not be cheaper than printed ones, report says - Los Angeles Ti... - The Diigo Meta page

• 01 Sep 08
  

  Cindy Marston
  • commercial publishers are going about the digital textbook revolution the wrong way.
  • Perhaps the report's most surprising finding -- at least to parents who can barely peel their college-age children away from their Facebook or MySpace pages -- was that only one-third of students said they were comfortable reading textbooks on a computer screen. Three-fourths said they would prefer a print textbook to an electronic one if the costs were equal.
• 30 Aug 08
  

  edtechtalk

  Interesting points of view. Gary

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  Jennifer Maddrell

  Interesting points of view. Gary

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• 29 Aug 08
  

  Gary McFarlane

  Interesting points of view. Gary

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• 27 Aug 08
  

  remolino75

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• 26 Aug 08
  

  Scott I

  Report released saying commercial e-textbooks are no cheaper than hard-copy editions when you take into account that students can sell print books back to the bookstore for half the cover price, and restrictions on printing and online access make commerci

  Education eBooks trend

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