Indiana University has released a summary of two years of research on their E-Textbook project.
About 60% of the students surveyed said they preferred the e-textbook to a paper textbook, although this ranged from a high of 84% to a low of 36% depending upon the course.
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Factors influencing preference for e-textbooks:
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Ability for instructor to annotate and share with the class:
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69%
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Sustainability (reducing paper)
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67%
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Cost
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64%
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Weight of Books
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61%
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Student Annotations
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60%
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See also Chronicle article on the topic:
The university requires certain students to purchase e-textbooks and negotiates unusually low prices by promising publishers large numbers of sales—now has the participation of major textbook publishers, and university officials plan to expand the effort.
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