Free for All: National Academies Press Puts All 4,000 Books Online at No Charge
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Stephen Downes summarizes, "Today the National Academies Press announced it would offer its entire PDF catalog of books for free, as files that can be downloaded by anyone....
Barbara Kline Pope, executive director for the press, said it had previously offered 65 percent of its titles-ones that were narrow in scope-for free. 'The 35 percent that we are adding today will reach a wider audience, and we are doing it because it's central to our mission to get this information to everyone,' she said."
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Free for All: National Academies Press Puts All 4,000 Books Online at No Charge
Source: Stephen Downes