May 18, 2001

Publishers Promote E-Textbooks, but Many Students and Professors Are Skeptical

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

Moving tentatively -- but definitely on the move -- textbook publishers are experimenting with e-books, making students and professors their sometimes reluctant guinea pigs.

By fall, traditional publishers

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