MS> but at the present time it simply is not
 MS> possible to  find basic course materials on the internet in most
 MS> fields.
  You are probably right.  However, I would be curious as to what textbook
publishers are doing about the threat of competition from the Internet.
Textbooks are terribly expensive, and school budgets, in my experience, 
eldom
allow for the purchase of the numbers and kinds of texts that teachers would
like to use.  I assume that most school districts have curriculum outlines of
what should be covered in every course (in some cases, these are provided 
ven
by the state), and it may only be a matter of time before districts or
teachers can find excellent material on just about every course objective and
so negate the need to purchase expensive texts.  Are publishers taking any
steps that anyone knows of to compete in this area?
--Art--
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