Pub. Industry Braces for Schwarzeneggrification of Textbooks


	Pub. Industry Braces for Schwarzeneggrification of Textbooks

mrobert

8-26-2009 1:36 AM

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digital textbooks

mrobert says:

This, I think, is a fantastic idea and time it should be implemented.

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