TY - JOUR AU - Hilton III, John Levi AU - Wiley, David PY - 2011/06/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Open access textbooks and financial sustainability: A case study on Flat World Knowledge JF - The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning JA - IRRODL VL - 12 IS - 5 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.19173/irrodl.v12i5.960 UR - https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/960 SP - 18-26 AB - 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.<br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden" /><input id="jsProxy" onclick="if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}" type="hidden" /> ER -