[Air-L] book prices

[Sukai Bojang]

This is an interesting issue. I have not seen any mention of the struggle of
the universities of the developing world to keep up to stocking their
libraries. The cost of books is so high some of the libraries strain
themselves to choose what they buy.

Sukai Bojang
PhD Student
De Montfort University
Leicester
ENGLAND

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Alejandro Tortolini <alemtor at gmail.com>wrote:

> Think this a great discussion. This may be useful, about paper vs. ebook
> costs:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/business/media/01ebooks.html?_r=1
>
> And about the future of public libraries:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/digital-underclass-what-happens-when-the-libraries-die/14554
>
> Personally, I´m worried about the prohibitive prices of North America´s
> books, wich makes another cultural barrier for the spreading of knowledge.
> Best,
>
> Alejandro Tortolini
> Scitech journalist - Teacher
> Buenos Aires - Argentina
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