Open-Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study on Flat World Knowledge

John Hilton III; David Wiley

Open-Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study on Flat World Knowledge

John Hilton III
, David Wiley

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Abstract

Many college students and their families are concerned about the high costs of textbooks. A company called Flat World Knowledge both gives away and sells open-source textbooks in a way it believes to be financially sustainable. This article reports on the financial sustainability of the Flat World Knowledge open-source textbook model after one year of operation.

Original language	American English
Journal	Entrepreneurship Faculty Research
State	Published - Jun 1 2011

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Open-Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability A Case Study

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