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Textbooks just became cheaper and more social

Aug 10, 2011
A company called Kno has been distributing iPad versions of college textbooks since June. The company says it has 100,000 textbooks digitized and...

Fewer textbooks to carry with Kindle?

Aug 25, 2008
The ARS Technica website has a report that Amazon may enter the college textbook market with a new version of its Kindle electronic reading device....

Open-source textbooks

Aug 18, 2008
In response to rising textbook prices, some academics are writing their own textbooks -- for free. From an article in the Los Angeles Times:...