Not by the book: Some Massasoit Community College professors opt for free digital texts - Joe Pelletier, The Enterprise

Alex Cotter remembers well the small horror of buying college textbooks. After he dished out dough on tuition, fees and every other school-related expense, the Massasoit bookstore would ring up a number like $500 for a fresh stack of books each semester. “It was always a gut punch,” said Cotter, a former student who is now the chair of the math department at Massasoit Community College. “Semester after semester, it was another couple hundred bucks out of your pocket.” It’s not right, he and many others believe. And they are part of a growing army of Massasoit administrators and faculty members seeking to combat that problem with a 21st century solution. Free digital textbooks. https://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20181228/not-by-book-some-massasoit-community-college-professors-opt-for-free-digital-texts