Misc. Open Textbook Resources

I was asked to put together some open textbook resources for a colleague last week. I thought other might find the list useful:

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Gov Textbook Reports

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05806.pdf

http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/acsfa/turnthepage.pdf

Traditional textbooks company models

http://www.safaribooksonline.com/

http://www.coursesmart.com/

New Textbook Models

http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/minisite/

http://www.opensourcetext.org/

http://www.cafescribe.com/test.php

http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/11/15/textbooks

http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/print_on_demand_space_heats_up.php

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2842&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/04/15/textbook_costs/

Other Textbooks Resources:

http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration

http://edlabor.house.gov/micro/coaa_textbook.shtml

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020700627.html

http://www.plos.org/cms/node/204

http://campustechnology.com/articles/52879/

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/22/EDRTUJ346.DTL