July 5, 2010
Eric Frank on openly-licensed textbooks
Jerry Brito
Former Senior Research FellowEric Frank
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To speak with a scholar or learn more on this topic, visit our contact page.Eric Frank, Co-Founder and President of Flat World Knowledge, the leading publisher of commercial, openly licensed college textbooks, discusses the company and its business model, which he compares to that of Red Hat. In the podcast Frank addresses moral hazards of the traditional college textbook publishing model, the company’s genesis, products and services it offers, how it makes money, and why it appeals to students, professors, and authors.
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