A huge wave is forming offshore. It is likely to sweep through several developing countries before it reaches the developed world. In its wake it will permanently transform remote villages and towns. In its aftermath, entire families will be uprooted and placed out of illiteracy. What is this wave? It’s a wave of change in the way we educate. It’s about electronic books becoming a force to reckon with, going where paper book hasn’t.

An average college textbook in the USA costs about $80. That is more than the monthly income of a family in the developing world.

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