The fight for e-schoolbooks

How the government is competing with publishers in the digital arena

January 1, 2009 | 12:04 PM | By Stuart Woods

When her teenage daughter came home from school one day complaining of a sore back, Kathryn McFarlane weighed the girl’s knapsack. Filled with heavy tomes for six classes, it was more than 45 pounds. The strain of hauling around such a load required physiotherapy.

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