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E-Books for College
Philosophy of Science Portal
"Digital Textbooks"
E-books show a lot of promise but haven't yet caught on widely with 
professors and students
by
Sophie L. Rovner
July 27th, 2009
Chemical and Engineering News
<http://philosophyofscienceportal.blogspot.com/ 
2009/08/e-books-for-college.html>


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The era of digital textbooks seems to be perpetually around the corner. 
Publishers have made these e-books available for a number of years, yet 
its difficult to find a chemistry professor who uses them.

Only 18% of college and university students have purchased or accessed 
digital textbooks, according to a 2008 report from the National 
Association of College Stores.

And less than half of all college students are even aware of digital 
textbooks, notes Frank Lyman, executive vice president of CourseSmart, a 
major digital textbook provider. Nevertheless, Lyman says that his company 
has sold digital textbooks to hundreds of thousands of students at over 
5,800 colleges and universities in North America since it was founded in 
August 2007. "Our sale of e-textbooks has increased 600% year over year, 
which is a clear indicator that the digital model is being embraced by 
students and faculty," he says.

"Todays current demand isnt what were excited about," concedes Justin 
Barreto, digital acquisition manager with MBS Textbook Exchange, in 
Columbia, Mo., which operates the online e-book store 
DigitalTextbooks.com. "The increase in demand over the past three or four 
years is the exciting part. Every single month, compared with the previous 
years month, weve seen an increase in sales."

In the recent past, students and professors might have been put off by the 
perception that "an e-textbook was just a scanned PDF of the original 
book," Barreto says. But now, he explains, "people are starting to realize 
there are all these other features incorporated into the e-book that add 
value."




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