California to force uni textbooks to come in electronic formats:
Companies that sell textbooks to California universities must offer electronic versions by 2020, under a new state law…
The law, Senate Bill 48, says any individual or company selling textbooks to the University of California, California State University or private colleges must make them available electronically by 2020, “to the extent practicable.” Sen. Elaine Alquist, D-San Jose, authored the law, saying digital textbooks are the future of the market and can significantly reduce costs for students. [more...]
[via The Cite]
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Not sure they should be mandated, but the textbook companies will find that students will jump at the chance to hopefully pay less for a textbook and have the portability of an e-book format.