Students Trade Heavy Textbooks For Downloads

from National Public Radio

Some textbook publishers have come out with a software application that would make its 7,000 titles available on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. An e-textbook would cost half the amount of the actual book, but students would just be renting the digital version. After six months, the subscription would expire and students would lose access.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, August 11, 2009