A related question I'm very interested in is how E-books work for those of you who have tried such. The price is right but I wonder how such a medium might influence number of students who don't read the text.
Joan W. Ask your book rep to let you have full access to > the site and look at it carefully. I do use one for one of my > courses because I think the students do get extra value from it and > it is free with a new book and has an extra cost with a used book. I > have also look at a couple of other sites and don't see anything > special about them. > > Bob W. > > > On 4 Sep 2007, at 14:23, Eastman, Mark wrote: > >> >> >> The publisher offers a code based web site, and the entire book in >> e-book form for about $25. No hard copy of the book with that price. >> A student could purchase a new book with access code for about $65 >> Another alternative is to have the students next semester buy a >> used book....and purchase the access code separately. >> Yet another idea is not used the code accessed publisher's web site >> at all. >> I 'd appreciate any feedback on this issue. >> >> Mark Eastman >> > > > Dr. Bob Wildblood > Lecturer in Psychology > Indiana University Kokomo > 2300 S Washington St > PO Box 9003 > Kokomo, IN 46904-9003 > 765-455-9483 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, > signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are > not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." > Dwight D. Eisenhower > > > "The time is always right to do what is right." > Martin Luther King, Jr. > > "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little > temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." > Benjamin Franklin, 1775 > > "We are what we pretend to be, so we better be careful what we > pretend to be." > Kurt Vonnegut > > --- > > ---
