Open-Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study on Flat World Knowledge
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English
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10670/1.97hw34>
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DOI: <
10.19173/irrodl.v12i5.960>
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Abstract
Many college students and their families are concerned about the high costs of textbooks. A company called Flat World Knowledge both gives away and sells open-source textbooks in a way it believes to be financially sustainable. This article reports on the financial sustainability of the Flat World Knowledge open-source textbook model after one year of operation.