eTextbooks: Future or Fable
Etextbooks will be the future of textbooks. It may not be now but once students get over the threat of change they can save thousands of dollars. In the NBC news article, Required Reading, author Martha White explained that the textbook monopoly has students paying a steep price. Some student pay as much as $1200.00 per semester on texbooks in addition to growing school tuitions. Students have the option to resell their slightly used text books but see a miniscule return. Since publishers releasing new editions so frequently the value of editions owned by students decrease by nearly 75%. Schools are working on building their own library of online textbooks but it has not yet hit the mainstream. Students are suffering at the hands of these publishers. Leaving some to opt out of purchasing books altogether. Students should not have to forego a complete learning experience for the sake of textbooks. This is a problem for both students and their wallet. Undoubtedly change is i...
