Adobe wants to help students accustomed to old-fashioned paper textbooks get over the transition to PDF textbooks. The company points out that its free reader for the digital format does a lot more ...

If you're committed to shifting your curriculum to e-textbooks, consider trying free first. Here are the best sites for digital books that won't cost your students a dime. Here's a source for free ...

Janet Novack is an assistant managing editor and D.C. bureau chief. There’s been a lot of talk – and a lot of noise – about how digital technology is disrupting higher education publishing. Capital is ...

According to research from the Education Data Initiative, the average college student spent between $628 and $1,471 on textbooks and supplies during the 2021-2022 academic year. While spending on ...

Explaining that its freemium business model has become unfair to its licensing and retail partners and “a barrier to our long-term growth,” open source textbook publisher Flatworld Knowledge is ...

Here's a source for free textbooks in PDF form that focus primarily on accounting, economics, engineering, IT, marketing, and management. The books are modest in size — most run from 50 to 100 pages — ...