ALL UNIVERSITIES WILL DUMP TEXT BOOK FOR EBOOKS

Claims the New York Times - According to an article in the New York Times, it won't take long before businesses and universities adapt to new technology advances. Books always have seemed to be a constant in the media world, however, Amazon's "Kindle," Barnes and Noble's "Nook" and Mac's "iPad," are challenging ordinary books, especially textbooks.

In a few years, all universities will switch to eBooks entirely and the effects will ripple through campuses, according to the New York Times article.

EBooks will hit colleges and universities almost exclusively in five years and high schools shortly thereafter, technology executives said. EBooks have advantages, especially in the textbook sense. Would transferring solely to eBooks be preferable for Samford?

After consulting students, the consensus was that textbooks are preferable to eBooks.

"I need to be able to highlight and refer back to stuff, not just next semester but farther down the road for my major," Huff said.

For most students who use textbooks on a daily basis, textbooks act as a safety net.

"I like to be able to flip back and forth easily to find important pages in my books," junior math major Emily Goins said. She also said printing off her textbooks would defeat the eco-friendly purpose.

Samford's new printing point system, GoPrint, is also a concern. If students would print out most of their eBooks, then the change wouldn't be beneficial. FULL STORY