Education publisher to phase out print textbooks
Pearson says students will only be able to rent physical books as it makes all products "digital first".
John Mark Ockerbloom
33d ago
Textbook giant Pearson announces plans to get rid of editions of its textbooks that students can own, resell, or share
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As textbook publishers rush to adapt to online publishing, a good time to remind you that CORE is free & open access online, & we provide free teaching resources too (our community shares even more). Just saying.
Pearson is cutting print books in order to force all students to pay full price for a new e-copy. Motivated by profit loss to used book industry. Wow. If that’s not sleazy. Will never again assign a @pearson text in my class!
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Have I missed something? How do students "rent" physical textbooks? Libraries lend them, but that's different. This story says students also "rent" second hand books, But then it says students might "buy e-textbooks". need coffee..
Education publisher Pearson to phase out print textbooks. How times are changing! @DavidPriceUCL @AnthonySmithVP @KurtDeketelaere @ignasi @TiberiusIgnat @schallierw @UCLpress @UCLLibraries
1/ "The British firm [@Pearson] hopes the move will make more students buy its e-textbooks which are updated continually....The firm...has been struggling as students increasingly opt to rent second-hand print textbooks to save money."
1. Reading a textbook on a computer is dreadful
2. More reason for students to have distracting laptops in class
3. More difficult in-the-moment engagement with the text
Maybe I am in the small minority but, I really like print and paper so idk.
Be interesting to see if this is successful - quite a few publishers have been committed to turning digital but backtracked on it
...and you can’t prop the door open with a digital book!
Education publisher Pearson to phase out print textbooks
My preferred headline for this piece would be: Education to phase out commercial publisher
Pearson: How dare students try to buy used books because our prices are so damn high! This outta show ‘em...
Well, I know who I won't be publishing with. For those who write books, having physical copies for sale is a main reason to bother with a publisher at all. If it's going to be all digital, I'll just put the material on a webpage.
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Stupid move, @pearson