Educational Materials/Bibliography by Research Question

Bibliographic entries used in each research question (based on the Field Research Methodology). Sources are divided by relevance to the K-12 or Higher Education segments of the Educational Materials research. Some sources are used in the research about both segments and are listed twice (under both segment headings).

Overview of Economics of Intellectual Property in EM

K-12 Sources

• Cola, C. et al., 2009. Crossing the K-12 digital divide: Understanding and playing in a complex market. TS Insights, 5(1). Available at: http://www.pwc.com/extweb/pwcpublications.nsf/docid/51A2B147879DA97B852574400011BAAF [Accessed May 5, 2009].
• Iiyoshi, T. & Kumar, M.S.V., 2008. Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Higher Education Sources

• Bakos, Y., Brynjolfsson, E. & Lichtman, D., 1999. Shared Information Goods, University of Chicago Law School, John M. Olin Law & Economics Working Paper No. 67. Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=130904 [Accessed April 3, 2009].
• Besen, S.M. & Kirby, S.N., 1987. Private Copying, Appropriability, and Optimal Copying Royalties. Santa Monica, Calif: The RAND Corporation. Available at: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED297745 [Accessed April 4, 2009].
• Besen, S.M., 1986. Private copying, reproduction costs, and the supply of intellectual property. Information Economics and Policy, 2(1), 5-22.
• Cola, C. et al., 2009. Crossing the K-12 digital divide: Understanding and playing in a complex market. TS Insights, 5(1). Available at: http://www.pwc.com/extweb/pwcpublications.nsf/docid/51A2B147879DA97B852574400011BAAF [Accessed May 5, 2009].
• Dyl, E.A., 1983. A note on price discrimination by academic journals. Library Quarterly, 53, 161-168.
• Iiyoshi, T. & Kumar, M.S.V., 2008. Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Liebowitz, S.J., 1985. Copying and Indirect Appropriability: Photocopying of Journals. Journal of Political Economy, 93(5), 945-57.
• Spilhaus, Jr., A.F., 1982. Page charges. In Ad Hoc Committee on Economics of Publication, ed. Economics of Scientific Journals. Bethesda, MD: Council of Biology Editors.

Overall Picture of the EM field

K-12 Sources

• ACSFA, 2007. Proposed and Passed State Legislation Pertaining to Textbook Affordability (2004-2007), Washington, DC: Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. Available at: http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/acsfa/edlite-txtbkstudy.html [Accessed March 12, 2009].
• Allen, N. & Williams, R., 2008. 'Textbook Affordability Provisions in H.R. 4137'. Make Textboks Affordable. Available at: http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org/newsroom.asp?id2=36865 [Accessed June 22, 2009].
• Book Industry Study Group, 2005. Book Industry Trends, New York: Book Industry Study Group.
• Book Industry Study Group, 2008. Book Industry Trends, New York: Book Industry Study Group.
• Burrus, C.S., 2007. Connexions: An Open Educational Resource for the 21st Century. Educational Technology Magazine: The Magazine for Managers of Change in Education, 47(6), 19-22.
• Chernek, V., 2009. 'U.S. Department of Education Grants Funding to Bookshare to Convert Open Content Textbooks to Accessible Formats'. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/tech-solutions/all-press-releases/index.cfm?i=61913 [Accessed December 1, 2009].
• Cola, C. et al., 2009. 'Crossing the K-12 digital divide: Understanding and playing in a complex market'. TS Insights, 5(1). Available at: http://www.pwc.com/extweb/pwcpublications.nsf/docid/51A2B147879DA97B852574400011BAAF [Accessed May 5, 2009].
• Devaney, L., 2009. 'Free online course helps students plan careers: Alabama becomes the second state, after Michigan, to adopt Microsoft’s CareerForward online curriculum'. eSchool news. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=59642 [Accessed July 13, 2009].
• Greco, A.N., 1997. The Book Publishing Industry, Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
• Greco, A.N., Rodriguez, C.E. & Wharton, R.M., 2007. The Culture and Commerce of Publishing in the 21st Century, Stanford, Calif: Stanford Business Books.
• Jones, Rebecca, 2000. Textbooks Troubles. Available at: http://kaimukirip.k12.hi.us/TemplatesPodcast/ScienceResources/Textbook%20Troubles.html [Accessed May 6, 2009]
• Lardinois, F., 2009 (July 31). 'Google's Vision for the Future of Google Books: EBook Store, Google Editions'. The New York Times. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/07/31/31readwriteweb-googles-vision-for-the-future-of-google-boo-50804.html [Accessed August 5, 2009].
• Levy, P., 2009 (July 17). 'California Instructional Materials: An Update'. Curriki. Available at: http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/CurrikiBlog/ArticleCaliforniaInstructionalMaterialsAnUpdate [Accessed August 3, 2009].
• Loewen, J.W., [1995] 2007. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, Simon and Schuster.
• McIlroy, T., 2008 (August 7). 'The Future of Educational Publishing'. 'The Future of Publishing. Available at: http://www.thefutureofpublishing.com/industries/the_future_of_educational_publishing.html [Accessed May 6, 2009].
• Morton, J.B., 2009. 'FIRST CHOICE Implementation Guide'. Available at: http://www.alsde.edu/general/FIRST_CHOICE_Implementation_Guide.pdf [Accessed July 15, 2009].
• 'New Budget Cuts Billions from Education'. 2009 (February 19). KCBS. Available at: http://www.kcbs.com/pages/3884143.php? [Accessed May 11, 2009].
• Paul, R., 2009 (May 8). 'California open source digital textbook plan faces barriers'. Ars Technica. Available at: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/california-launches-open-source-digital-textbook-initiative.ars [Accessed May 11, 2009].
• 'Schwarzenegger: Printed texts are old school'. 2009 (June 12). eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=59180 [Accessed July 2, 2009].
• Sewall, G., 2005 (March). 'Textbook Publishing'. Phi Delta Kappan, 498-502.
• Stansbury, M., 2008 (January 24). 'Florida adopts open-content reading platform'. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=51790 [Accessed July 2, 2009].
• State of California, 2009. 'Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces One of Nation’s Largest Textbook Publishers Among Those Participating in Free Digital Textbook Initiative'. Office of the Governor, State of California. Available at: http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/12542/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].
• U.S. Census Bureau, Company Statistics Division & Bowan, L., 2008. Number of Firms, Number of Establishments, Employment, and Annual Payroll by Employment Size of the Enterprise for the United States, All Industries 2006, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Bureau. Available at: http://www2.census.gov/csd/susb/2006/usalli06.xls [Accessed March 19, 2009].
• Whitman, D., 2004. The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption, Washington, DC: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Available at: http://www.fordhaminstitute.org/detail/news.cfm?news_id=335 [Accessed May 9, 2009].

Higher Education Sources

• ACSFA, 2007. Proposed and Passed State Legislation Pertaining to Textbook Affordability (2004-2007), Washington, DC: Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. Available at: http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/acsfa/edlite-txtbkstudy.html [Accessed March 12, 2009].
• Book Industry Study Group, 2005. Book Industry Trends, New York: Book Industry Study Group.
• Book Industry Study Group, 2008. Book Industry Trends, New York: Book Industry Study Group.
• Burrus, C.S., 2007. Connexions: An Open Educational Resource for the 21st Century. Educational Technology Magazine: The Magazine for Managers of Change in Education, 47(6), 19-22.
• Esposito, J.J., 2005. Long-Tail Texts: A Proposal to Start a College Textbook Company.
• 'Foster Introduces Bill to Reduce Cost of College Textbooks'. 2009. U.S. Congressman Bill Foster. Available at: http://foster.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=114899 [Accessed March 30, 2009].
• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2005. College Textbooks: Enhanced Offerings Appear to Drive Recent Price Increases, U.S. Government Accountability Office. Available at: http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-05-806 [Accessed March 12, 2009].
• Greco, A.N., 1997. The Book Publishing Industry, Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
• Greco, A.N., Rodriguez, C.E. & Wharton, R.M., 2007. The Culture and Commerce of Publishing in the 21st Century, Stanford, Calif: Stanford Business Books.
• Koch, J.V., 2006. 'An Economic Analysis of Textbook Pricing and Textbook Markets'. ACSFA College Textbook Cost Study Plan Proposal, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. Available at: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED497025 [Accessed March 12, 2009].
• Lardinois, F., 2009 (July 31). 'Google's Vision for the Future of Google Books: EBook Store, Google Editions'. The New York Times. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/07/31/31readwriteweb-googles-vision-for-the-future-of-google-boo-50804.html [Accessed August 5, 2009].
• McIlroy, T., 2008 (August 7). 'The Future of Educational Publishing'. 'The Future of Publishing. Available at: http://www.thefutureofpublishing.com/industries/the_future_of_educational_publishing.html [Accessed May 6, 2009].
• Mickey, K. & Meaney, K., 2008. College Publishing Market Forecast 2008-2009 Simba Information, ed., Stamford, CT: Simba Information.
• Park, J., 2009 (July 15). 'The American Graduation Initiative'. Creative Commons. Available at: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15818 [Accessed July 28, 2009].
• Powell, W.W., 1985. Getting into Print: The Decision-Making Process in Scholarly Publishing, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Shamchuk, L., 2009. Higher Education Textbook Publishing: Past, Present and Future. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/lshamchuk/higher-education-textbook-publishing-past-present-and-future [Accessed May 6, 2009].
• Thompson, J.B., 2005. 'Survival Strategies for Academic Publishing'. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 51(41), B6.
• Thornton, P.H. & Ocasio, W., 1999. Institutional Logics and the Historical Contingency of Power in Organizations: Executive Succession in the Higher Education Publishing Industry, 1958‐1990. American Journal of Sociology, 105(3), 801-843.
• U.S. Census Bureau, Company Statistics Division & Bowan, L., 2008. Number of Firms, Number of Establishments, Employment, and Annual Payroll by Employment Size of the Enterprise for the United States, All Industries 2006, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Bureau. Available at: http://www2.census.gov/csd/susb/2006/usalli06.xls [Accessed March 19, 2009].
• United States, 2009 (July 14). 'Excerpts of the President's remarks in Warren, Michigan and fact sheet on the American Graduation Initiative'. The White House Press Office. Available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Excerpts-of-the-Presidents-remarks-in-Warren-Michigan-and-fact-sheet-on-the-American-Graduation-Initiative/ [Accessed July 28, 2009].

Data, narratives and tools produced by the EM field

Higher Education Sources

• Carter, D., 2009 (May 7). 'New Kindle is textbook friendly'. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=58654 [Accessed July 28, 2009].
• eSchool News, 2009 (October 14). "Kindle lightens textbook load, but flaws remain". eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=61219 [Accessed November 5, 2009].
• Lowery, R., 2005. 'Teaching and Learning with Interactive Student Response Systems: A Comparison of Commercial Products in the Higher-Education Market'. Prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association and its affiliates, March 23 - 26, 2005 at New Orleans, LA. Available at: http://people.uncw.edu/lowery/SWSSA%20ms.pdf [Accessed July 2, 2009].
• McCarthy, C., 2009. 'Amazon's Big-Screen Kindle DX Debuts'. CBS News. Available at: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/06/tech/cnettechnews/main4996025.shtml [Accessed July 28, 2009].
• Mickey, K. & Meaney, K., 2009. College Publishing Market Forecast 2009-2010, Stamford, CT: Simba Information.
• Rube, K., 2005. Rip-off 101: Second Edition: How the Publishing Industry's Practices Needlessly Drive Up Textbook Costs, Washington, DC: The State PIRGs. Available at: http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org/ripoff_2005.pdf [Accessed March 16, 2009].
• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2005. College Textbooks: Enhanced Offerings Appear to Drive Recent Price Increases, U.S. Government Accountability Office. Available at: http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-05-806 [Accessed March 12, 2009].

IP in EM

Higher Education Sources

• Mickey, K. & Meaney, K., 2008. College Publishing Market Forecast 2008-2009 Simba Information, ed., Stamford, CT: Simba Information.
• Young, J., 2009 (July 27). 'U.S. Appeals Court Rules Against Blackboard in Latest Patent Ruling'. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/US-Appeals-Court-Rules/7490/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].

Competitive advantages in EM

K-12 Sources

• The Thomas B. Fordham Institute (Fordham), 2004. The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption, Washington, DC: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Available at: http://www.fordhaminstitute.org/detail/news.cfm?news_id=335 [Accessed May 9, 2009].
• Sewall, G., 2005 (March). 'Textbook Publishing'. Phi Delta Kappan, 498-502. Available at: http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k_v86/k0503sew.htm [Accessed May 6, 2009].

Higher-Education Sources

• The Thomas B. Fordham Institute (Fordham), 2004. The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption, Washington, DC: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Available at: http://www.fordhaminstitute.org/detail/news.cfm?news_id=335 [Accessed May 9, 2009].
• Sewall, G., 2005 (March). 'Textbook Publishing'. Phi Delta Kappan, 498-502. Available at: http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k_v86/k0503sew.htm [Accessed May 6, 2009].
• Wiley, D., 2009 (July 8). 'Digital Textbooks Call for New Business Models'. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/David-Wiley-Digital-Textbooks/7256/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].

IP Profile of Biggest for-profit companies in EM

K-12 Sources

• 'Education and Science'. Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. Available at: http://www.holtzbrinck.com/artikel/778429&s=en [Accessed April 8, 2009].
• Mickey, K., Meaney, K. & Kilkelly, S., 2008. Publishing for the PreK-12 Market 2008-2009 Simba Information, ed., Stamford, CT: Simba Information.
• ORBIS. Available at: https://orbis.bvdep.com/ [Accessed April 8, 2009].

Higher-Education Sources

• 'Education and Science'. Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. Available at: http://www.holtzbrinck.com/artikel/778429&s=en [Accessed April 8, 2009].
• Esposito, J.J., 2005. Long-Tail Texts: A Proposal to Start a College Textbook Company.
• Mickey, K. & Meaney, K., 2008. College Publishing Market Forecast 2008-2009 Simba Information, ed., Stamford, CT: Simba Information.
• ORBIS. Available at: https://orbis.bvdep.com/ [Accessed April 8, 2009].

IP Profile of non-profit companies in EM

Higher Education Sources

• Beja, M., 2009 (July 22). 'Harvard U. Press to Sell 1,000 Books Online'. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Harvard-U-Press-to-Sell-1000/7427/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].
• HÃ¥klev, S., 2009 (October 19). "Innovative Projects in the Publishing of Open Educational Resources". Available at: http://connect.oise.utoronto.ca/p98085499/ [Accessed November 16, 2009].
• Mickey, K. & Meaney, K., 2008. College Publishing Market Forecast 2008-2009 Simba Information, ed., Stamford, CT: Simba Information.
• News Editor, 2009 (June 16). 'Harvard Graduate School of Education Votes Open Access Policy'. Harvard Graduate School of Education. Available at: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/blog/news_features_releases/2009/06/harvard-graduate-school-of-education-votes-open-access-policy.html [Accessed August 3, 2009].
• Oriental Institute Publications Office, 2009 (April 6). 'The Electronic Publications Initiative of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago'. University of Chicago. Available at: http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/epi.html [Accessed August 3, 2009].
• Mitchell, R., 2008 (February 13). 'Harvard to collect, disseminate scholarly articles for faculty'. The Harvard University Gazette. Available at: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/02.14/99-fasvote.html [Accessed August 3, 2009].
• Plotkin, H. & Kanter, M., 2006 (February 28). 'Creating 21st Century Community College Courses: Building Free Public Domain Textbooks for Students'. Testimonies presented to the Assembly Committee on Higher Education Hearing on Maintaining Affordability for California’s College Students--The Rising Cost of Textbooks, Sacramento, CA. (Text from Foothill-De Anza Community College District). Available at: http://fhdafiles.fhda.edu/downloads/homefhda/PlotkinKanterPDtestimony.pdf [Accessed August 12, 2009].
• Wiley, D., 2009 (July 21). 'Giving Away Academic Books Online Can Actually Help Print Sales'. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/David-Wiley-Giving-Away/7278/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].

IP Profile of Universities working in EM

K-12 Sources

• Siwek, S.E., 2009 (June). Copyright Industries in the U.S. Economy: The 2003-2007 Report, Economists Incorporated. Available at: http://www.iipa.com/pdf/IIPASiwekReport2003-07.pdf [Accessed September 16, 2009].

Higher Education Sources

• Carter, D., 2009 (May 7). 'New Kindle is textbook friendly'. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=58654 [Accessed July 28, 2009].
• Siwek, S.E., 2009 (June). Copyright Industries in the U.S. Economy: The 2003-2007 Report, Economists Incorporated. Available at: http://www.iipa.com/pdf/IIPASiwekReport2003-07.pdf [Accessed September 16, 2009].

IP Profile of Associations in EM

K-12 Sources

• Benkler, Y., 2005. Common Wisdom: Peer Production of Educational Materials, COSL Press. Available at: http://www.benkler.org/Common_Wisdom.pdf [Accessed March 12, 2009].
• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, Conference on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, 20-22 October 2003: Berlin. Available at: http://oa.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html [Accessed May 8, 2009].
• Burrus, C.S., 2007. 'Connexions: An Open Educational Resource for the 21st Century. Educational Technology Magazine: The Magazine for Managers of Change in Education, 47(6), 19-22. Available at: http://cnx.org/news/BurrusEdTecArticle.pdf [Accessed March 24, 2009].
• Cape Town Open Education Declaration. 2008 (January 22). Available at: http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration [Accessed July 2, 2009].
• Center for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), 2007. Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/7/38654317.pdf [Accessed May 8, 2009].
• CK-12 Foundation, 'About Us'. CK-12 - Next Generation Textbooks. Available at: http://www.ck12.org/aboutus.html [Accessed May 6, 2009].
• 'FAQ'. Connexions. Available at: http://cnx.org/aboutus/ [Accessed March 25, 2009].
• Lee, C., 'The Longer Version'. SharedSchool. Available at: http://sharedschool.com/content/longer-version [Accessed August 3, 2009].
• Park, J., 2009 (April 28). 'CK-12 Foundation’s Neeru Khosla on Open Textbooks'. Commons News. Available at: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/14141 [Accessed May 6, 2009].
• Paul, R., 2009 (May 8). 'California open source digital textbook plan faces barriers'. Ars Technica. Available at: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/california-launches-open-source-digital-textbook-initiative.ars [Accessed May 11, 2009].
• Schwarzenegger, A., 2009 (June 6). Digital textbooks can save money, improve learning. San Jose Mercury News. Available at: http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_12536333?nclick_check=1 [Accessed June 11, 2009].
• 'What is NROC?' National Repository of Online Courses. Available at: http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/nroc.html [Accessed May 6, 2009].
• Whiteknight, 2009 (July 25). 'Wikibooks: Chicken and the Egg'. Wikibooks News. Available at: http://wikibooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/wikibooks-chicken-and-egg.html [Accessed July 30, 2009].

Higher Education Sources

• Benkler, Y., 2005. Common Wisdom: Peer Production of Educational Materials, COSL Press. Available at: http://www.benkler.org/Common_Wisdom.pdf [Accessed March 12, 2009].
• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, Conference on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, 20-22 October 2003: Berlin. Available at: http://oa.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html [Accessed May 8, 2009].
• Burrus, C.S., 2007. 'Connexions: An Open Educational Resource for the 21st Century. Educational Technology Magazine: The Magazine for Managers of Change in Education, 47(6), 19-22. Available at: http://cnx.org/news/BurrusEdTecArticle.pdf [Accessed March 24, 2009].
• Cape Town Open Education Declaration. 2008 (January 22). Available at: http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration [Accessed July 2, 2009].
• Center for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), 2007. Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/7/38654317.pdf [Accessed May 8, 2009].
• 'FAQ'. Connexions. Available at: http://cnx.org/aboutus/ [Accessed March 25, 2009].
• HÃ¥klev, S., 2009 (October 19). "Innovative Projects in the Publishing of Open Educational Resources". Available at: http://connect.oise.utoronto.ca/p98085499/ [Accessed November 16, 2009].

General Sources

• 'An Online Library of Literature'. Literature.org - The Online Literature Library. Available at: http://literature.org/ [Accessed April 30, 2009].
• Lenssen, P., 'About Authorama'. Authorama. Available at: http://www.authorama.com/about.html [Accessed April 30, 2009].
• 'Literature.org FAQ'. Literature.org - The Online Literature Library. Available at: http://literature.org/faq.html [Accessed April 30, 2009].
• Miller, B., 2009 (April 25). Remarks on 'The Future of Publishing'. Presented at MiT6, Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Higher-Education Sources

• 'About BookBoon'. BookBoon.com. Available at: http://bookboon.com/us/student/info/about [Accessed April 30, 2009].
• Anderson, N., 2008. 'Flat World Knowledge: an open-source textbook revolution?' Ars Technica. Available at: http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/09/flat-world-knowledge.ars [Accessed April 30, 2009].
• Beja, M., 2009 (July 6). 'Textbook Lending Grows in Popularity'. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Textbook-Lending-Grows-in/7254/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].
• Doran, T.A. et al., ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION ADVERTISING SYSTEM. Available at: http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080306823 [Accessed May 1, 2009].
• 'FAQs'. iChapters.com. Available at: http://www.ichapters.com/market/faq.html [Accessed May 5, 2009].
• 'How It Works'. Textbook Media. Available at: http://www.textbookmedia.com/HowItWorks.aspx [Accessed May 1, 2009].
• 'Information for advertisers'. BookBoon.com. Available at: http://bookboon.com/us/travel/info/advertise [Accessed April 30, 2009].
• Mainland, N. & Brookshier, D., 'safari-u: Home'. java.net. Available at: https://safari-u.dev.java.net/ [Accessed May 5, 2009].
• 'Our Story'. Flat World Knowledge. Available at: http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/about [Accessed April 30, 2009].
• Park, J., 2008a (September 18). 'Ordering an Espresso at the U of Michigan Library'. Creative Commons News. Available at: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/9560 [Accessed May 5, 2009].
• Park, J., 2008b (October 20). 'An Interview with Frances Pinter of Bloomsbury Academic'. Creative Commons News. Available at: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/10100 [Accessed May 5, 2009].
• 'Pharmpedia:About'. 30 December 2005 15:30. Pharmpedia. Available at: http://www.pharmpedia.com/Pharmpedia:About [Accessed April 30, 2009].
• 'Pharmpediabooks'. 10 July 2005 05:04. Pharmpedia. Available at: http://www.pharmpedia.com/Pharmpediabooks [Accessed April 30, 2009].
• Reisz, M., 2009 (November 12). "'Giving it away' a textbook argument". Times Higher Education. Available at: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=409050 [Accessed November 16, 2009].
• Young, J.R., 2008 (September 24). 'College Bookstores to Begin Selling eTextbooks on Demand'. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3342/college-bookstores-to-begin-selling-etextbooks-on-demand [Accessed May 5, 2009].