问题:
Textbooks Digital Future
答案:
Textbooks' Digital Future Textbooks today are still bought and sold in much the same way they've always been: /as ink-and-paper objects assigned by professors /and purchased by students in campus bookstores. /Meanwhile there are already digital textbooks available and their numbers are expected to grow /according to the data and research provider on the media industry /they represent less than 2 percent of textbook sales today /but will reach 10 percent by 2012./But in 2010 the offerings were pretty insufficient./A company in California which collectively owned by five of the biggest textbook publishers /has 6 000 educational titles for sale in digital format. /But its electronic books are little more than scanned versions of printed works. /One of its e-book includes some neat functions /like search capability and digital note-taking /but for the most part /it has few advantages over a traditional textbook other than weight and price. Textbooks'DigitalFutureTextbookstodayarestillboughtandsoldinmuchthesamewaythey'vealwaysbeen:/asink-and-paperobjectsassignedbyprofessors/andpurchasedbystudentsincampusbookstores./Meanwhile,therearealreadydigitaltextbooksavailable,andtheirnumbersareexpectedtogrow,/accordingtothedataandresearchprovideronthemediaindustry,/theyrepresentlessthan2percentoftextbooksalestoday,/butwillreach10percentby2012./Butin2010theofferingswereprettyinsufficient./AcompanyinCaliforniawhichcollectivelyownedbyfiveofthebiggesttextbookpublishers,/has6,000educationaltitlesforsaleindigitalformat./Butitselectronicbooksarelittlemorethanscannedversionsofprintedworks./Oneofitse-bookincludessomeneatfunctions,/likesearchcapabilityanddigitalnote-taking,/butforthemostpart,/ithasfewadvantagesoveratraditionaltextbookotherthanweightandprice.