Hats off to the Global Text Project!

"Everyone knows how expensive textbooks are in the United States, but the cost of textbooks in developing countries is exorbitant for students and their families....The Global Text Project seeks to solve this problem by engaging academic communities to help build a library of free online textbooks. Co-directors, Doctors Richard Watson from the University of Georgia and Donald McCubbrey from University of Denver, established the non-profit organization in 2006. The project uses an open-source infrastructure to publish free electronic textbooks online with a Creative Commons 3.0 BY license....With a grant from the Jacobs foundation awarded in 2008, the project ramped up book production. In 2010, the project created a competitive internship program for students interested in learning about electronic publishing at the University of Georgia...."