Saturday, July 28, 2007

Textbooks of the future

“The textbook-publishing industry has seen a great deal of mergers and acquisitions over the past eight to 10 years,” said Jay Diskey, the executive director of the Washington-based school division of the Association of American Publishers. “This latest one, if it goes through, will in essence leave three very large companies doing 80 [percent] to 85 percent of the K-12 textbook sales.”
education week

There are many sides to this story, one would be consistency of material for all schools, another would be potential mediocrity to appeal to all....
Time will tell

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