|
With the way that e-textbooks are currently, don't expect people to really switch any time soon.
McGraw Hill's "ebooks" are really just a webpage. I currently am using one for one of my classes, and you login to the webpage, read it like you would any other webpage. I paid $90 (instead of $170 for a brand new copy of the hardcover book), and only have access for 6 months.
Many other's do have the ebook be downloadable, but have their own special format, DRM, and reader software to use it. Many of the ebooks available for my school are only possible to be read on Windows or MacOS machines.
The 6 month time limit is very common. If you have to use the book for more than one semester, the ebook is NOT worth it, especially when you consider than on many ebooks you only end up paying like $20 less than the paper book.
|