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EWA​, the professional organization dedicated to ​strengthening the community of education ​writers and improving the ​quality of education coverage ​to better inform the public, hosts ​a weekly podcast featuring lively interviews with journalists.

Nov 20, 2012

Plummeting prices for e-readers and tablet computers mean big changes for the textbook industry, as more students and professors clamor for digital versions of traditional paper editions. What does this shift in the publishing world mean for college costs, and how are universities getting e-textbooks into the hands of students?

·         Jeff Young, The Chronicle of Higher Education (moderator)

·         Nicole Allen, U.S. PIRG

·         Bruce Hildebrand, Association of American Publishers

·         Mickey Levitan, Courseload

Recorded at EWA's Seminar for Higher Education Reporters at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Nov. 2-3, 2012