1. U. of Michigan Library Will Offer 400,000 Titles in On-Demand Reprints

    The library will print soft-cover books though an agreement with BookSurge, part of Amazon.

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  2. U. of Iowa Law Class Uses Wiki as Its Textbook

    Students in an employment-law course created a 1,300 page wiki to explain how state laws differ.

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  3. David Wiley: Giving Away Academic Books Online Can Actually Help Print Sales

    It may seem to contradict common sense, but in an economy where sales of everything are down, an increasing number of authors and publishers are reaping success from distributing their books free on the Internet.

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