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Baraka_Guru · 05-08-2009, 07:40 AM

A quick estimate, snowy: I'd say students could stand to save at least $0.30 to $0.40 for each dollar spent on textbooks if they went electronic. So, an electronic textbook would cost as low as $60 compared to its $100 paper counterpart. This is a conservative estimate. Paper, distribution, and sales make up most of the savings.

So...would the $489 price tag on the Kindle make it worth it? Probably...especially for a 4-year degree.

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Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	A quick estimate, snowy: I'd say students could stand to save at least $0.30 to $0.40 for each dollar spent on textbooks if they went electronic. So, an electronic textbook would cost as low as $60 compared to its $100 paper counterpart. This is a conservative estimate. Paper, distribution, and sales make up most of the savings. So...would the $489 price tag on the Kindle make it worth it? Probably...especially for a 4-year degree. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot