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Students at the nation’s colleges and universities know all too well that even after scraping together enough money for tuition and fees, and often room and board as well, there’s still one more huge financial challenge to confront: books. Depending on the course of study, textbooks can cost an additional $1,000 a year—a real burden for a lot of students. Recently, however, a lot of attention has been paid to ways technology can be used to reduce this expense. Martha Ann Overland, contributor to The Chronicle of Higher Education, discusses several programs underway to address the issue.
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