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Inclusive Access adds the cost of digital textbooks into college tuition and fees. Does it really save students money? Get the facts.
Pearson Education’s recently filed copyright-infringement lawsuit against Chegg raises interesting questions concerning the provision of supplementary educational materials. This post provides an overview of the issues raised by the case....
On May 4, 2020, textbook publishing giants Cengage and McGraw-Hill called off their plans to merge. SPARC takes a look back and discusses where things stand today.
The big publishers’ ultimate goal is to turn e-books into assets that libraries and schools can only rent, and never own. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
Call for inquiry into academic publishers as locked-down students unable to access study material online
Librarians are quarantining print materials for several days between loans to stop the spread of COVID-19. For students who rely on the library to access textbooks, that’s a problem.
Start with a billion dollars, a match, and a lack of clear thinking.
These sites are profiting from the sale of harmful materials.
A shared future for librarianship and publishing: open and equitable access to scholarship at the level of digital access to textbooks.
By Sarah Polkinghorne I’m a librarian in the Library’s Collection Strategies Unit (CSU), and a lecturer in the School of Library and Information Studies. I’d like to offer some things to consider around ebooks. As instructors work to adapt courses for a mainly-online Fall term, Library staff support this work, in part by fielding questions about all sorts of publications. This post shares key information about ebooks in particular, ie., books existing…
I was reading the Human Resources Management in Canada textbook for a course I am taking. There was a section on diversity in the workplace, which is something that I am very passionate about, with a paragraph about Indigenous people.
Big textbook publishers and retailers are accused of squashing competition from independent college bookstores.
We analyzed some of the most popular social studies textbooks used in California and Texas. Here’s how political divides shape what students learn about the nation’s history.
Textbooks are too expensive.
An outdated business model is spurring new initiatives in educational publishing.