Thread: Pearson Replacing Print Textbooks with Digital For College Students
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Old 07-18-2019, 10:02 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by olderTechnology View Post
I wonder what incentive there is for a professor to actually use open source? Probably not much. My wife's new German textbook costs $200. How much has German changed in the last few years?
A large part of the problem is "Publish or Perish". Advancement in an academic career is strongly influenced by publishing papers and books, and always has been. Academics who don't have a strong record of being published do not get the choice positions.

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