"Open Textbooks"

["Hamaker, Charles" <cahamake@uncc.edu>]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-07-09-open-textbooks_N.htm?csp

Online 'textbooks' see college doors opening
By Svetlana Shkolnikova, USA TODAY

As textbook prices skyrocket, college students and faculty 
seeking more affordable options increasingly are turning to "open 
textbooks" as an alternative.

Open textbooks are free textbooks available online that are 
licensed to allow users to download, customize and print any part 
of the text. Professors can change content to fit their teaching 
styles. Some authors offer a print-on-demand service that 
produces professionally bound copies for $10 to $20.

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