%0	Journal Article
%A	Hilton, John Levi
%A	Wiley, David A.
%C	Athabasca, Canada, North America
%D	2012
%G	eng
%I	Athabasca University Press
%J	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
%K	sustainability
%K	open textbooks
%K	Open Educational Resources
%K	open access
%K	Flat World Knowledge
%K	electronic textbooks
%M	WOS:000297792100003
%P	18-26
%T	Open-access textbooks and financial sustainability: A case study on flat world knowledge
%U	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/960/1860
%V	12
%X	Many college students and their families are concerned about the high costs of textbooks. A company called Flat World Knowledge both gives away and sells open-source textbooks in a way it believes to be financially sustainable. This article reports on the financial sustainability of the Flat World Knowledge open-source textbook model after one year of operation.
%8	06/2012
%9	Article
%@	1492-3831
%>	https://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/archive/960-8024-2-PB.pdf