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2012-01-06, 17:50

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Originally Posted by Chinney View Post
All that being said, I can certainly see an advantage from the sheer weight perspective of moving to an all e-book approach for textbooks.

Even for my kids' high school courses, the weight of their backpacks astounds me, and is unhealthy on their backs.

Yah this is a pretty common thing now. It's nuts. I'm sure conspiracy theorists could find connections between the pharmaceutical industry and text book companies, creating a generation of gimpy, sore-backed kids.

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