Open source and free online textbooks - is this the future of textbooks?

ECO-LIBRIS : MOVING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE READING! : Last week we wrote here about our partner Chegg and their renting textbooks' model. This is a great model and it's an example of the innovative thinking that tries to find an alternative to the current expensive (average of USD 1,000 per year in the US), not environmental friendly and irritating textbook system. And this search has generated another great idea which has a good chance to influence the future of the textbook industry: open source free online textbooks... READ MORE