REUTERS Is Reporting In Forney, Texas, a fast-growing suburb of Dallas, 10- and 11-year-old schoolkids are set to cross a technology divide to an area many adults won’t venture into – electronic books.
Starting in August, more than 100 students in the fifth and sixth grades of the Forney Independent School District will receive notebook computers that contain as many textbooks as the school can muster the rights for, as well as thousands of classic works of art and literature.
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“The cost is probably net more for the students because there is no electronic used book trade,” said Jay Dominick, Chief Information Officer at Wake Forest. Because of that, he says, “students typically prefer to buy used books when they are available.”
Not a problem for the elementary schools, but for college textbooks I don’t think I’d buy the electronic version. Not if it’s going to cost me more than the difference between what I buy the used book for and what I can sell it for. Can’t sell the electronic book. Probably can’t even just give it to a friend taking the class the next semester.