The end of books?

Charles Davis writes \”Could the advent of electronic texts mark the death of books, for
so long the staple fare of university libraries and college
students? This will be one of the key discussions at a major
conference on the future of textbooks at London\’s City University
tomorrow.

More at
The Guardian. \”


This is a good story, covers alot of interesting ground.

\”Getting that economic model right is really perplexing us at the moment,\” Dr Woodward says. \”How do we decide what is fair? Publishers want to preserve their revenue stream, but in a way that is affordable to libraries.\”