Today’s NY Times article, “$200 Textbook vs. Free. You Do the Math.” shows just a few of the growing number of open-license textbook projects. We are sponsoring a talk by one of those mentioned, Flat World Knowledge, in October. In the article, Eric Frank says that even though
his company’s textbook’s are offered for free downloads, 55% of students pay $30 for a printed version. This mix provides the opportunity to incentivize textbook authors while providing no-cost textbooks to those who need it and only want a digital download.
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