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    2011 MGT301-CE Case 1 Business Textbook Supply Chain 1. 20.4 2. Some may think that the only customers of textbooks are the students but that is not the case. There are a variety of customers that buy the textbook before it even reaches the student‚ someone has to decide what textbook the students are going to be using for which particular course. Business school curricula is changing and therefore their textbooks needs are changing‚ they want textbooks that cover a variety of information

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    Textbooks VS Tablets Teachers are always assigning homework in the textbook and of course every student complains. Not only because they have homework‚ but because they have to lug home multiple textbooks. Many school districts have been trying to find a way to solve this complaint. What school board officials have come up with is replacing the textbooks with notebook computers or tablets. It is the 21st century‚ there is technology booming everywhere. However‚ converting the notebook computers

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    misconception that all dialogs should be in complete manner with complex sentence structures or grammar included whenever they speak in English. This kind of misunderstanding is probably built on the inauthentic models of spoken language demonstrated in textbooks they have read for over a decade. In this article‚ features characterize authentic and inauthentic English shown in two separate texts would be examined. Referring to the content of the text entitled “Now and Then”‚ this is a typical sample text

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    The two assigned textbooks‚ We the People and American Politics and the African-American Quest for Universal Freedom (AAA)‚ are very different in content and concept. The We the People textbook had more of “universal”‚ less biased‚ view of American government as opposed to AAA. The We the People book wrote mainly about government and politics without zeroing in on racial groups and their disadvantages. The AAA book also focused on government‚ but specifically on African-American influence throughout

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    that accompany textbooks are usually written as an afterthought by someone who has little connection to the textbook that is supposed to be supported by the study guide. I think it is for this reason that most study guides are not terribly helpful — and‚ I am told‚ they are not widely used by students. This Study Guide is different in that it was written by me (the author) at the same time as the textbook was being written. It is therefore completely integrated into the textbook and based entirely

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    business models of traditional textbooks and etextbooks. How do the customer value propositions of the two textbook formats compare? How are the profit formulas of paper textbooks and etextbooks different? The business model of a traditional textbook noticed that they needed growth to keep up in the competing market so traditional textbook companies began to innovate from just a traditional textbook to now having add on to the books such as platforms. Textbook companies were faced with not only

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    The College Textbook Price Predicament New college textbooks can easily cost 200 dollars‚ some even as much as 400(Senack‚ 4). Reports indicate that the price of textbooks have risen at twice the rate of inflation over the last twenty years (Emrey-Arras‚ 10). According to an article from Targeted News Service‚ college students are spending on average $1‚200 a year on books and supplies. College textbooks are assigned to students to buy by professors teaching a course‚ making them mandatory course

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    which remains steady until today but textbook prices went up. By the year 2014‚ the price increased around 3 times the rate of other prices.  The 812% increase in the price of college textbooks since 1978 makes the run-up in house prices‚ and at the same time textbook prices also dwarfs the increase in the cost of medical services over the last three decades.  Compared to the 250% increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the last 34 years‚ college textbooks have raised more than three times the

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    TEXTBOOKS VERSUS TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIA (COMPUTERS) I asked myself whether I would have preferred being taught by means of a computer in school‚ or were textbooks the best option? I got a positive answer that reiterated to myself‚ the importance of textbooks. But have we asked this to the students of today? What would their answer be? They are seen to prefer computers. Some find it easier to read from the screen than from fat books. Some think that the machine makes the process of reading user-friendly

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    TEXTBOOK ANALYSIS: THE AMERICAN JOURNEY Textbook Analysis The American Journey Michele C. Bennett Grand Canyon University: EED 465 January 22‚ 2011 Textbook Analysis: The American Journey Before using a social studies textbook‚ a deep analysis of its contents will be required. How the book covers the topics in comparison to the definition of‚ social studies bring forth the relevance of the book in effective planning and instruction. Whether or not the book conveys separate classroom

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