Free-Textbook Group Will Sell Its E-Books on Chegg, for a Small Fee

Free-Textbook Group Will Sell Its E-Books on Chegg, for a Small Fee
Jeffrey R. Young, Chronicle of Higher Education, January 9, 2013.

I'm not sure what the problem is, but according to this Chronicle report, "some producers of free e-textbooks have had trouble persuading professors to adopt them." It's the sort of story the Chronicle loves. So they report with glee "one backer of 'open-source textbooks' has decided to sell its titles on Chegg, an online textbook retailer, for a small fee in hopes of reaching a wider audience." I'm not sure exactly how charging money will increase readership. More...