Online Textbooks Fail to Make the Grade

Students prefer handling pages the old-fashioned way

By SCOTT CARLSON

Richmond, Va.

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...

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