Sentences with phrase «electronic textbook publishers»

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The Texas Board of Education's decision to allow school districts to buy a videodisk - based science curriculum with state textbook funds will encourage traditional publishers to step up their efforts in the electronic media, experts said last week, but it is unlikely to signal the end of printed textbooks in the schools.

Electronic publishers, textbook producers, and curriculum specialists agreed that the Texas board radically altered the school publishing market this month when it became the first state panel to adopt a videodisk for use in its elementary - school science programs.

Very good question, some publishers currently provide electronic versions of their textbooks and other resources, our students are already accessing them from their phones!

Publisher - provided electronic versions of selected textbooks contain additional resources, such as video clips, text - to - speech, auto - graded practice tests, and valuable support material.

Furthermore there are no used e-books, where as at least a second hand market has sprung up around textbooks and one can often even rent at cheaper prices than a electronic texts (though of course the publishers of have attempted to quash this with their endless rehashed and reshuffled textbooks).

However, for that to happen, textbook publishers, ebook reader manufacturers, and schools must first address some of the major hurdles that are making students wary of electronic books.

Further, many textbook publishers already publish electronic editions of their books.

As digital textbooks gain popularity around the country, there are still parts of the U.S. and other industrialized nations that do not currently benefit from the obvious advantages of e-reading in academic arenas, which is odd considering that even the textbook publishers are in support of electronic educational content as a cost saving measure.

In the case of older textbooks or very specialized materials, there may be no financial incentive for publishers to offer materials in both electronic and print format.