E-Books to Replace Textbooks

Skyrocketing textbook costs and the migration to all things digital are conspiring to usher in an era of digital textbooks.

The average estimated cost of books and supplies for a first-time, full-time student at a four-year public institution was $898, or 26 percent of the cost of tuition and fees, according to a 2005 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. At community colleges, the estimated cost of books and supplies was a whopping 72 percent of the cost of tuition and fees.


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