Rice
University-based publisher OpenStax College and the American Society for
Microbiology Press have announced they are teaming up to produce Microbiology,
a new introductory-level textbook due for release in spring 2016 that will be
free online and low-cost in print.
The
collaborative publishing agreement -- the first for each partner -- will
produce a peer-reviewed, open-copyright textbook. More than 300,000 U.S.
college students take an introductory microbiology course for allied health
majors each year, and the new book could save them an estimated $30 million
over the next four years, according to Richard Baraniuk, the founder and
director of OpenStax College and Rice's Victor E. Cameron Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Posted by Tim Sandle
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