<p>How popular are they? Does it cost more to get an electronic version of a textbook?</p>
<p>In my experience, it has cost less. For example, the publisher sells my accounting book new for $186, but you can get an online-only edition (that comes with access to the online homework website) that lasts for some limited amount of time for ~$60.</p>
<p>I don’t know of anyone who has gone online-only. It might just be because it’s not as easy to read on small-ish laptop screens. I think my eyes might get strained if I had to read hundreds of pages online, too.</p>
<p>I do online only for all classes, </p>
<p>Its cheaper and you can search within the textbook + i have free printing at school so I just print out whatever I need</p>
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Where do you find electronic copies of textbooks?</p>
<p>I know that a certain publisher sells electronic access to economics textbooks, but that doesn’t work for most of my classes.</p>