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in 2011. The book is not a digitally reformatted version of a paper book. The book, the first in a projected series, is Nature Publishing's first foray into textbook publishing.
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Herbert Spencer

biology
electronic textbook
Nature Publishing
modules
Nature
scientific illustrators
interaction designers
California State University
Printing Revolution
movable type
printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
Wolfram Research
"Announcing Principles of Biology, an Interactive Textbook by Nature Education"
"Would You Like A $ 49 Electronic College Textbook With Lifetime Updates?"
"Lifetime access to up-to-date info—is this the future of the textbook?"
"NPG project"
the original
"CIS 471: A "post Gutenberg" e-text for biology 101"
"E-textbooks are destroying the old publishing business model"
"Making Science Leap from the Page"
Principles of Biology at the Nature Publishing Group website
Archived
Wayback Machine
Principles of Biology at the Principles of Science (beta) textbook series website
Archived
Wayback Machine
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