Students spend an average of $900 a year on textbooks—20 percent of tuition at an average university and half of tuition at a community college. Textbook prices have increased at four times the rate of inflation since 1994 and continue to rise. – US PIRG, Public Interest Research Group

Mario examines a report from research firm TBI Research that thinks students might be going digital sooner than expected due to cheaper texts driving adoption of E-Book readers.

air date: March 2, 2010