How much do all of those textbooks weigh? How much do textbooks cost on a regular basis? Do they still play an integral part of the learning process?

You can’t escape textbooks so it’s important to grasp the key facts and figures about them. Answers to the above questions and more are available in this alarming but informative infographic. It sheds a bit of light on why, exactly, there’s a big push toward digital textbooks. After all, should we really have students toting around 24 pounds of textbooks?

Published by Textbookland