John Olinda Textbooks should just come with a QR code instead of a CD in the back. Less plastic wasted. Of course then you have to maintain a URL for the files, but that will last at least as long as CD drives.

Martijn I think the whole textbooks business is weird anyway. Where are the ebooks? Why do they cost over a 100 bucks per book? Still hoping for initiatives like Wikibooks to catch on for real, but I don't see it happening unless universities start paying their lecturers to more actively write their own material and putting it online.

😀 Tom I already have a bachelor of science degree, but I'm currently taking a few classes at a local community college. I dont remember the details, but the professors say they get in trouble from the administration if they don't use new textbooks from the company of choice. It's all about money, because that community college is top-heavy with high-paying administrative positions with little responsibility.