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The changing textbook industry
Band, Jonathan

PublishedNovember 2013
PeriodicalVolume 2015
PublisherThe Disruptive Competition Project (DisCo)


Other numberSeptember 14, 2015
RefereedDoes not apply
RightsCopyright © 2012 - 2015
URLhttp://www.project-disco.org/competition/112113-the-changing-textbook-industry/
Access dateSeptember 14, 2015
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