Editing Textbook (section)

==== E-textbooks ====
{{see also|Digital textbook}}
Another alternative to save money and obtaining the materials you are required are e-textbooks. The article "E books rewrite the rules of education" states that, alternately to spending a lot of money on textbooks, you can purchase an e-textbook at a small amount of the cost. With the growth of digital applications for iPhone, and gadgets like the Amazon kindle, e-textbooks are not an innovation, but have been "gaining momentum".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mullan |first=Eileen |date=4 May 2009 |title=Ebooks Rewrite the Rules of Education |url=http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Feature/Ebooks-Rewrite-the--Rules-of-Education-53676.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317231848/http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Feature/Ebooks-Rewrite-the--Rules-of-Education-53676.htm |archive-date=17 March 2018 |website=EContent Magazine}}</ref> According to the article " Are textbooks obsolete?", publishers and editorials are concerned about the issue of expensive textbooks. "The expense of textbooks is a concern for students, and e-textbooks, address the face of the issue, Williams says " As publishers we understand the high cost of these materials, and the electronic format permit us diminish the general expense of our content to the market".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Are textbooks obsolete? An education in the impact of electronic textbooks |url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sort=RELEVANCE&docType=Cover+story&tabID=T003&prodId=CDB&searchId=R8&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchType=BasicSearchForm&contentSegment=&currentPosition=3&searchResultsType=SingleTab&inPS=true&userGroupName=pcc&docId=GALE%7CA223373889&contentSet=GALE%7CA223373889 |access-date=22 January 2016 |website=go.galegroup.com}}</ref> E-textbook applications facilitate similar experiences to physical textbooks by allowing the user to highlight and take notes in-page. These applications also extend textbook learning by providing quick definitions, reading the text aloud, and search functionality.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reckelhoff |first=Benjamin |date=16 February 2021 |title=Vitalsource Bookshelf App capabilities for etextbooks |url=https://www.vitalsource.com/bookshelf-features |website=VitalSource Bookshelf}}</ref>