February 11, 2005

Online Textbooks Fail to Make the Grade

By SCOTT CARLSON

Students prefer handling pages the old-fashioned way

Forums: Join an online discussion about whether there will ever be a market for electronic textbooks, and why students remain uninterested in them so far.

While buying books for her marketing class this fall, Caitlyn F. Atwood, a senior at the University of Richmond, found herself a little low on cash, having already shelled out $500 for books for other courses. When she heard about an option to buy her textbook for half price

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