ETextbooks, Academia, and the Publishing Industry

From ETS

Contents 1 Studies, Reviews, and Commentary Relating to Current Publishing Practices 2 FOS eTextbooks 3 Brick 'n' Mortar 4 P2P Distribution 5 Other

Studies, Reviews, and Commentary Relating to Current Publishing Practices

• Course Correction: How Digital Textbooks are Off Track and How to Set Them Straight and Ars Technica commentary

FOS eTextbooks

• Ars Technica interview with Flat World Knowledge, a company working on having open source etextbooks available by Fall 2009. Maybe they would be interested in showing up and discussing their product?

• Aging Ars Technica article with the aim of introducing the Global Text Project and Wikiverity, both that use wikis for etextbooks.

Brick 'n' Mortar

• College bookstores turn to kiosks to stem e-textbook tide and Ars Technica Commentary

P2P Distribution

• Textbook Piracy Grows Online, Prompting a Counterattack From Publishers

Other

• Amazon may enter college textbook market with new Kindle