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“Meredith Babb, director of University Press of Florida, explained a new textbook movement to TCU students and staff at the Mary Couts Burnett Library. At the Open Access Textbook conference, Babb said 30 percent of students are not buying textbooks due to high costs. A new movement of Open Access Textbooks provides students with affordable texts ranging from $25 to $50. These Open Access books are freely accessible digital textbooks that can be read online, Babb said. Self printed and opened on any device that can read a PDF, she added. Senior writing major John Roberts and junior writing and biology double major Kristi Dena, who works for the TCU Press, attended the conference and are in favor of the e-book... ‘There are so many times where I have gone to classes where... If I had access to books that were a lot cheaper I would actually buy them, because I don’t buy a lot of textbooks for my classes,’ Roberts said. As of now, there are about 22 universities that are actively involved in editing and writing textbooks, however there are many more schools that have adopted and are using Open Access Textbooks in the classroom.”