Comments on: The Future of Textbooks is Online [e-Textbooks]

By: Online Degree Programs.org: Top Online Degrees » Blog Archive » The Future of the Book: Top 12 Trends

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:35:59 +0000

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By: CHRISTINE PALMA » The Future of College Textbooks is a PDF File and a Compact Notebook Reader

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:59:10 +0000

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By: koichi

koichi — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:13:21 +0000

this is a test comment

By: Shoe Booty

Shoe Booty — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:39:28 +0000

They aren’t in the best interest of the publishers though, are they? Since they are the ones deciding how to publish, do you think they’ll be in any big rush to publish electronically if they make less money? Why would they do that? To give you break? Good luck waiting for electronic textbooks from publishers that you can get a “used copy” of for free.

Unless there is a groundswell of self puublished textbooks without publishers involved at all I can’t see this hapening.

By: OnlineTextbooks

OnlineTextbooks — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:01:08 +0000

Yeah, online textbooks are in the best interest for all the parties involved. The textbook publishing industry is literally making off like bandits each and every semester that goes by, all at the college student's expense.

Good luck getting even a quarter of what you pay for your books back at the end of the semester too.

By: Nihongo on The Net - April 3, 2009 - Nihongo Notes

Nihongo on The Net - April 3, 2009 - Nihongo Notes — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:35:06 +0000

[...] The eduPirate takes time out from swashbuckling and writes about the future of textbooks. [...]

By: KirstenWinkler

KirstenWinkler — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:12:29 +0000

You know how fast prices drop. In 6 month we will be at the same price as the Kindle 2 now ;).

By: koichi

koichi — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:09:43 +0000

ooh, I have not see that – that is the sexy when it comes to e-readers! If
only it was around a quarter of the price :( Someday, I suppose, someday.

By: KirstenWinkler

KirstenWinkler — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:43:31 +0000

Hey Captain,
glad to see that you escaped the Royal Navy once again. ARRR!

Very good post, once again. And did you see the new Fujitsu E-Reader already?

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,859...

Makes this thing even more relevant!