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20MillionMinds

  1. Only if they can get a refund or keep their purchase | Should College Students Be Forced To Buy E-Books? -Forbes shar.es/q1MaE
  2. WE R VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS,EVEN ON A FRIDAY! Unglue.it: A Crowdfunded, E-Book Liberation Project | Inside Higher Ed: bit.ly/Lefqpv
  3. 2DAY:CA Leg Women's Caucus & 20MM host book-signing recep 4 attorney & TV legal analyst Lisa Bloom, author of Swagger 4:30 p.m Ambrosia Café
  4. A must read by Rob Reynolds. Nails it. RT @nextisnow: Obstacles to Faculty Adoption of OER and Open Textbooks | bit.ly/KKO2md
  5. McGraw-Hill Launches E-books Project with Univ. of Minn. & @20millionminds launches faculty search po.st/fUcJy9 via @publisherswkly
  6. Psble 2 spare a few copies 4 students trying 2 afford higher ed? publishers push unsolicited review copies bit.ly/JvG0gQ #spareAbook
  7. Faculty now able 2 search, determine books 4 students based on peer reviews, quality & student affordability criteria j.mp/J4v3Va
  8. Future U: The stubborn persistence of textbooks | Ars Technica ebookne.ws/KewsF5
  9. New York Times: great piece on the soaring costs and final burdens of our next generation of college students. #debt po.st/TfSM9R
  10. An Interview With McGraw-Hill Higher Education President, Brian Kibby, About The Future Of Ebooks techcrunch.com/2012/05/09/an-… via @techcrunch
  11. Nine Dangerous Things You Were Taught In School - Forbes shar.es/2xVRe via @sharethis
  12. University of Minnesota compiles database of peer-reviewed, open-source textbooks | Inside Higher Ed: bit.ly/IG9erp
  13. Nonprofit Organizations Push Digital College Textbooks mactrast.com/2012/05/nonpro… via @mactrast
  14. Apple, Nonprofits Push Digital College Textbooks news.investors.com/article/610696… via @IBDinvestors #HigherEd #OER
  15. A model for future: Supplemental Resource Creation: TED-Ed | Inside Higher Ed: bit.ly/IRWmDg
  16. The Campus Tsunami: Online & Massive nytimes.com/2012/05/04/opi…
  17. Open Source Textbooks | Calif SB1052 would create 50 open textbooks & SB1053 a digital library | City on a Hill ...
  18. Another small publisher goes DRM-free: bit.ly/JPMmp7