Publishers would be much better off building a business model now rather than repeating the RIAA's mistakes. But as always, existing players mostly seek to pre

Publishers would be much better off building a business model now rather than repeating the RIAA's mistakes. But as always, existing players mostly seek to preserve income streams, rather than create new ones, even when an unbiased look will show that the existing ones are doomed. The only publisher I know, offhand, which isn't falling into this trap is Baen Books, and they don't do textbooks. Yet. :)