On Confessions of a Science Librarian: an interview with CJ Rayhill, Senior Vice President at Safari Books Online

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“The future of the textbook market is clearly shifting. You have products like SafariU, iChapters, and CourseSmart beginning to emerge to solve a difficult issue — the high cost of textbooks. In addition, most higher-education courses involve exposure to content from multiple sources which makes the cost of purchasing all of the required and recommended reading for students out of reach. So what happens is that students end up not even purchasing required content which must diminish the value of their educational experience.”

“Sebastopol’s O’Reilly’s recent sales bump may be indicative of industry trend…”
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