# OPEN TEXTBOOK tweet Book01: Driving the Awareness and Adoption of Open Textbooks by Sharyn Fitzpatrick
English | Aug. 25, 2010 | ASIN: B0040ZMZPE | 119 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
Textbook prices routinely cause sticker shock. Over the last decade, they have risen more steeply than the inflation rate and, in last year, the average textbook cost a student $62.97! While estimating the cost of a college education, today's college student needs to factor in several thousand dollars just for textbooks.