As Alex notes, there is much available on ebooks and the titles he provides reflect the tip of the iceberg. Many others are available in the archive of the Google Group "Rethinking the Book"; although a by-invitation-only group, I believe the archive is accessible to all at: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/rethinking-the-book The issues involved are much more extensive than consideration of a different platform for distribution, from print to one both electronic and networked. Access plays a key role in the considerations and various papers at the Public Knowledge Project Conference held last October in Berlin address some of the broader issues from the position of open access; see http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/pkp2011/schedConf/presentations The following paper discusses an initiative to create interoperable versions of traditionally prepared scholarly monographs, and some of the examples shown in the paper may be of interest; see Enhancing Scholarly Publications: Developing Hybrid Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Jankowski, Scharnhorst, Tatum & Tatum, Jan. 2012), http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1982380 Finally, since your topic is statistics, you might be interested in an online-only, open access volume (one of many, actually) that is available on the Web, "Online Statistics Education: An interactive multimedia course of study". See http://onlinestatbook.com/ Nick Jankowski KNAW eHumanities Group <http://ehumanities.nl/> nickjan@xs4all.nl Enhanced Publications Project <http://digital-scholarship.ehumanities.nl/enhanced-publications/> -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Alex Kuskis Sent: zondag 5 februari 2012 18:54 To: 'Michelle Everson'; air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Electronic Textbooks Here are a few, but you'll have to decide what might suit your needs. Sorry, I don't have time to tinyurl all of them. There's a lot available on this topic ......Alex . Textbook of the Future: The challenges - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/textbook-of-the-future-the-challenges/19733 ?tag=nl.e539 . Digital Textbooks Go Straight From Scientists to Students - http://tinyurl.com/86mjn9l . Textbooks of Tomorrow - http://tinyurl.com/7p5fps3 . Making Science Leap from the Page - http://tinyurl.com/6n4l9uf . Digital textbooks open a new chapter - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15175962 . Continuing Evolutions for E-textbooks & E-books - http://tinyurl.com/7jqgbuv . Textbooks Go the iTunes Route, but Buying by Chapters Might Not Save Students Money - http://chronicle.com/article/Textbooks-Go-the-iTunes-Route/127590/ . Gore, Ex-Apple Engineers Team Up to Blow Up the Book - http://tinyurl.com/7pxbsmf . A next-generation digital book (video) - http://bit.ly/mx0GMm . E-Textbooks Get a Lift From Publishers - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/e-textbooks-get-a-boost-from-publis hers/ . Why E-Textbooks Just Make Sense - http://tinyurl.com/6v92k62 . Apple elbows into textbook market - http://tinyurl.com/7gtuclp There's a great deal available on both e-books in general, as well as e-textbooks. Check the gospel according to Google. Alex Kuskis, PhD Adjunct Professor of Communication MA Program in Communication & Leadership School of Professional Studies Gonzaga University (via e-learning) http://mcluhangalaxy.wordpress.com/ -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Michelle Everson Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 11:24 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Electronic Textbooks Hi Everyone, I know this is a topic that comes up a lot, but I'm ashamed to say I haven't been as good as I should be in terms of carefully following discussions about this topic. I'm now teaching a course that is all about becoming a teacher of statistics, and my co-instructor and I would like to discuss alternatives to the traditional textbook. We were hoping to share some readings or web material with students that might give them some good ideas about the issues to consider when adopting electronic textbooks. Do you know of particularly good articles we might share with our students, or any websites or even blogs that might debate the pros and cons of e-books? I am also doing my own searching, but if you have particular references you are fond of, I'd love to hear about them. Thank you for your time and for any suggestions you might have! Michelle -- Michelle Everson, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer Quantitative Methods in Education Department of Educational Psychology University of Minnesota gaddy001@umn.edu _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/