@article { title = {Open-access textbooks and financial sustainability: A case study on flat world knowledge}, year = {2012}, month = {06/2012}, author = {Hilton, John Levi and Wiley, David A.}, keywords = {sustainability, open textbooks, Open Educational Resources, open access, Flat World Knowledge, electronic textbooks}, country = {Canada}, address = {Athabasca}, language = {eng}, journal = {International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning}, publisher = {Athabasca University Press}, volume = {12}, issue = {5}, pages = {18-26}, issn = {1492-3831}, abstract = {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.}, url = {http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/960/1860}, attachments = {960-8024-2-PB.pdf}, }