Karen Fasimpaur has a new post discussing comparisons made between open textbooks and a public option for healthcare. Fasimpaur refutes the notion that open textbooks will eliminate commercial offerings. From the article:
An important sidenote is that these proposed initiatives do not aim to subsume commercial initiatives. Many, in fact, just try to assure that public funds, such as federal grants, that are already directed at materials development result in publicly-accessible materials.
