TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home

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February 27th, 2006

Book spending vs. computer kind

By David Rothman

If you’ve wondered about the need to get books optionally on computer screens–a major goal of the TeleRead plan–check out this UK-related BBC item.

Schools spend more than five times as much on computer-based resources as on books, an analysis suggests.

Primary schools spent £70m on books in 2004-05 and secondary schools £80m, whereas all schools spent £426.3m on ICT resources not including computers.

(Via LISNews.)

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