By Sasha Cahill

How has technology changed text books

Pro’s and Cons: New formsPros

Cheaper

Search features

Highlighting, note taking, printing specific

sections.

No paper-Not heavy/bulky

Cons

Inappropriate formatting, especially with phone

apps

Time limit attached to use

Must have access to computer and/or internet

Time it takes to load each page

Traditional

ProsMost student are already familiar

with how use

Can keep or sell back

Easily flipped through and read

Cons

Expensive and heavy

Any marks made permanent and decrease value

Not interactive

Extra features –changes in textbooks

CustomizableDynamic books/Macimilian (NYT.com)

Not just reading any moreQuizzesInteractive visual study tools

Has potential to have interactive compontents linked into content, such as videos and out side websites etc.

Could eventually have ads inserted

Sales and the future of the textbook

“The National Association of College Stores

estimates that less than 3% of textbook sales

today are digital versions, although many paper

textbooks are sold with supplemental materials on

CDs or web sites”(forbes.com)

“According to “On Campus Research Student

Watch 2010,” a 16,000-student survey

released by the

National Association of College Stores in fall

of 2009,

about 42 percent of students have either pur

chased or at least seen an e-textbook. That’s

an

increase of 24 percentage points from 2007”

The future“Some experts predict that within the next 10

years, most U.S. college students--and many high-

school and elementary-school students as well--

will probably be reading course materials on an

electronic device instead of in a paper book.”

(Electronic textbooks? You bet. Forbes.com)