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Electronic books have been slow to catch on. Is there any benefit for students or professors that prefer a printed textbook?

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Electronic books have been slow to catch on. Is there any benefit for students or professors that prefer a printed textbook?

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Print is going to be important for a long time. One thing Connexions has been working really hard towards is the ability for anyone anywhere to mix together their own book in Connexions and then have it printed-on-demand to arrive the next day by courier. We can do this now, and the savings can be incredible, for example, reducing the cost of a 300-page hardback engineering textbook from $122 to $22.