Free digital texts begin to challenge costly college textbooks in California Published: Monday, August 18, 2008 Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports Author(s) and Contributors: Author(s): Gale Holland Source(s) and Collection(s): Sources(s): Community ParentTopics: E-Books E-Textbooks Abstract Would-be reformers are trying to beat the high cost -- and, they say, the dumbing down -- of college materials by writing or promoting open-source, no-cost online texts. Download Resources Access HTML