Clark sent me this item documenting the rising cost of textbooks and calling fthe 'unbundling' of texts with expensive add-ons such as CD-ROMs. Some good research statistics and analsis of publishing costs and purchaser preferences. While many argue for the availability of online textbooks, as Clark comments in his email, "I wouldn't want to read LoTR, or Design of Everyday Things, online." Perhaps not yet (and certainly not while people continue to produce the unreadable PDF text), though our tolerance for reading online is increasing, especially with larger and less bright monitors. The web page linked here summarizes the report and provides access to the full PDF.
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