In a Digital Age, Students Still Cling to Paper Textbooks

The New York Times.
October 19th, 2010

CLINTON, N.Y. — They text their friends all day long. At night, they do research for their term papers on laptops and commune with their parents on Skype. But as they walk the paths of Hamilton College, a poster-perfect liberal arts school in this upstate village, students are still hauling around bulky, old-fashioned textbooks — and loving it.

This loyalty comes at a price. Textbooks are expensive — a year’s worth can cost $700to $900 — and students’ frustrations with the expense, as well as the emergence of new technology, have produced a confounding array of options for obtaining them. Read More

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