Free: Why authors are giving books away on the internet

TechTrends

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 43-49

  Hilton III, John ^a,b   Wiley, David ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital publishing; Online technology; Open educational resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951917172     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-010-0381-8     Document Type: Article

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