Open textbooks gain momentum

One company has doubled its customer base in the past year as textbook prices prove prohibitive for many college students

By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Officials from open-license textbook publisher Flat World Knowledge say more than 1,300 instructors at 800 colleges and universities are using their books this fall semester— doubling the 400 institutions that used Flat World texts a year ago. Read more with registration.

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