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A few weeks back I spoke at a media class here on campus and was shocked when the majority of students said they would rather buy a physical text book for $XXX than a cheaper, e-based one. I think the whole etextbook sounds like a sure thing . . . thankfully I’m not the only one:

Continuing their campaign to draw attention to the cost of textbooks, the Student Public Interest Research Groups celebrated Tuesday what they���Ĵ�ý�re calling a major milestone ���Ĵ�ý� reaching 1,000 professors who���Ĵ�ý�ve signed a statement supporting the use of free, online and open source textbooks.

Colleges and individual faculty members continue to experiment with putting course information and material online, and ���Ĵ�ý�open textbooks���Ĵ�ý� typically are licensed to allow users to download, share and alter the content as they see fit, so long as their purposes aren���Ĵ�ý�t commercial and they credit the author for the original material. This allows instructors to customize e-textbooks and offer them to students for free online or as low-cost printed versions. (via )