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Publisher of Free Textbooks Says It Will Now Charge For Them, Instead

Posted by timothy on Sunday November 4, 2012 @09:14PM from the get-with-the-times dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a surprising blow to the movement to create free textbooks online, an upstart company called Flat World Knowledge is dumping its freemium model. The upstart publisher had made its textbooks free online and charged for print versions or related study guides, but company officials now say that isn't bringing in enough money to work long-term."

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Re:At some point the college kids need a paycheck. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-11-05 05:05 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Your code has to compile, so should your English.
It's a good thing that human beings have brains; that way, they can understand one another even if they make a few errors while communicating and they don't need to be pedantic assholes.