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How Giving Away Religious Digital Books Influences the Print Sales of Those Books
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Lack of access prevents many from benefiting from educational resources. Digital technologies now enable educational resources, such as books, to be openly available to those with access to the Internet. This study examined the financial viability of a religious publisher’s putting free digital versions of eight of its books on the Internet. The total cost of putting these books online was $940.00. Over a 10-week period these books were downloaded 102,256 times and print sales of these books increased 26%. Comparisons with historical book sales and sales of comparable titles suggest a positive but modest connection between this increase and the online availability of the free books.

Resource Status :  
Final
Resource Tags :  
open educational resources   e-books   open access   open culture   free books   free ebooks
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Resource Type :  
Reports
Resource Year :  
2010
Resource Author :  
Hilton, John III
Resource Media Type :  
Downloadable docs inc word, excel, ppt, pdf
Resource Licencing Condition :  

Creative Commons: Attribution
Resource Source :  
http://etd.byu.edu
Resource Language :  
English

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