College Students, you're worried about tuition, what major to choose, and even how to arrange your schedule. One thing you may not be thinking about is the textbook dilemma.
A week into classes, you've paid your tuition, picked a major-maybe temporarily, and arranged your schedule. But then, classes begin and your professor reminds you of one more cost you may have forgotten to consider- textbooks!
Let's be honest. Sometimes, you don't even need a textbook for a class, and your professor may tell you right away. But for those students who prefer to get all their textbooks, there is the issue of cost. According to the Government Accountability Office, textbook prices have risen 82% from 2002 to 2013. With these prices on the rise and the ever increasing cost of tuition, students are forced to make sacrifices for other things they may need.
Textbook prices are increasing, and as more information about certain subjects become available, some of them get bigger and heavier. Being a college student, you have to lug quite a bit of things around. Another heavy item can be the breaking point for any student.
For many, e-textbooks are much more preferable to the print textbooks. They are lighter to carry, you can have multiple books on one device, they are cheaper, and searching for something in an e-book is much more easier than flipping through multiple pages of print. Another aspect people find easier to do in e-books rather than print is finding the definition of a word. In print, you may see a word you don't know the definition to, so you would look it up online or in the dictionary. With a digital book, you can just press on the word and search for the definition immediately.
Many journalists and authors agree to the fact that e-books are here to stay because digital is here to stay. For some, that is exciting news in the world of digital books. For others, they prefer to hold a physical book in their hands. There will still be physical copies of books, but for college students, digital seems to be more convenient. Students are always on the go, and their books need to be as well.
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