The eTexts will be used in schools ranging from Harvard to Georgetown to Ohio State, and in more than 20 subject areas, from Accounting to Sociology. By next year, WizeUp expects to triple its offerings. The company says WizeUp digital textbooks make study more efficient through next generation productivity tools. WizeUp textbooks are downloaded from the web, usually in under 15 minutes via a university s fast network connection. The digital textbooks are then installed on the student s computer.
Prices are less than a new edition, and usually comparable to a used book.
You can then add the complete WizeUp textbook if you decide to keep the course. Students do everything on laptops these days, so I definitely think electronic books are a trend that s going to expand, says MIT psychology professor Dr. Steven Pinker, who plans on using eBooks next year. For many professors, the flexibility of eBooks is the quality mentioned most. The electronic version can be updated more frequently than printed editions, and can also be linked to newspaper articles and other supplementary texts, as well as audio and visual aids. The text is no longer frozen on the page, says Dr. Sanford Berg of the University of Florida.