Sunday, April 15, 2018

Ohio Consortium Textbook Deals to Save Students Nearly $40 Million a Year - Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology

Students in the state of Ohio could potentially save $39.7 million annually on the cost of their textbooks, thanks to a new wholesale pricing deal. OhioLINK, a consortium of academic libraries across the state's colleges and universities, has secured agreements with four major textbook publishers — John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill Education, Pearson and Macmillan Learning — to reduce the wholesale price of e-textbooks by up to 80 percent and courseware by up to 55 percent for member institutions. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/04/03/ohio-consortium-textbook-deals-to-save-students-nearly-40-million-a-year.aspx