Following California’s open text initiative Washington is getting in on the act.

“The state community-college board is creating low-cost textbooks and course materials and distributing them online for free in a new program”

“The entire library, funded with state money and a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is free and available to anyone who wants to use it.”

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