How the Textbook Industry has Finally Been Disrupted and Will Continue to Change

The textbook industry has had a long history in the United States, and the world, for that matter. Indeed, they’ve pretty much been with us since the dawn of writing. As Encyolpedia.com notes, “Historical records indicate that for as long as systems of writing and formal schools have existed (whether for secular, religious, or other purposes), textbooks, in one form or another, have also existed, whether on clay tablets; scrolls; bound sheets of papyrus, vellum, or parchment; or modern mass-produced books.” (1) As far as more modern times, The New England Primer and McGuffey Readers became hallmarks of American education…...