Comments on: Are Textbooks On The iPad A Good Idea? http://consideronline.org/2010/02/04/are-textbooks-on-the-ipad-a-good-idea/ A Non-partisan Weekly Student Publication Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:30:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: danstrau http://consideronline.org/2010/02/04/are-textbooks-on-the-ipad-a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-362 danstrau Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:58:23 +0000 http://consideronline.org/?p=1114#comment-362 Oh this is very true. That's why students use Wikipedia. Oh this is very true. That’s why students use Wikipedia.

]]> By: Elton Li http://consideronline.org/2010/02/04/are-textbooks-on-the-ipad-a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Elton Li Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:03:41 +0000 http://consideronline.org/?p=1114#comment-350 The idea of textbooks on pdf's (or other textbook file) has been around for a long time and is nothing new. Honestly, I think textbook companies are just too greedy to consider this an option. Why make it available online when you can't see the profits of it directly? In my opinion, 95% of information on the overpriced and poorly written textbooks can be found through common knowledge sources, unfortunately, there seems to a vice-grip monopoly on taking the prices down from $200 a pop. The idea of textbooks on pdf’s (or other textbook file) has been around for a long time and is nothing new.

Honestly, I think textbook companies are just too greedy to consider this an option. Why make it available online when you can’t see the profits of it directly?

In my opinion, 95% of information on the overpriced and poorly written textbooks can be found through common knowledge sources, unfortunately, there seems to a vice-grip monopoly on taking the prices down from $200 a pop.

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