The impetus for creating digital alternatives to textbooks was "both reducing cost and having control over the content." However I question Columbus State Community College's decision to use Apple iBooks. As Cathy Bill notes, "A little more than 50% of our student population has an Apple device. Therefore, about half of our students would not be able to access the material, unless they used campus computers." They provided access to Apple devices to those who didn't had them, but this misses the point - the Apple content isn't interoperable with anything but Apple devices. Which in my mind means that they're broken.
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