"The Internet changes everything."
-Bill Gates (1955-)

Preface

The purpose of this web page is provide a single access point for the textbook materials for this class--Beiderwell, M., et al., College Succes v1.0, FlatWorldKnowledge. Students should select the format(s) best suited for her or him. Other than format, there is no difference in the content of the text. Finally, in principle, each of the following formats (except for the HTML from the publisher) only needs to be accessed and downloaded once per course.

These materials should be accessed by the end of the first week of class. Please either bring this textbook with you to class or otherwise have access to this textbook in class. If you print any chapter(s) out, you may wish to use a "three-hole punch" to place the chapter(s) in a three-ring binder for convenience.

Instructor-managed Textbook materials (available at no charge)

These text formats are likely best suited for traditional notebook computers, but each student's situation is different.

1. PDF [ .pdf ] (Thursday, June 21, 2012)
2. MS-Word (2007 and later) [ .docx ] (Thursday, June 21, 2012)
3. MS-Word (2003 and earlier) [ .doc ] (Thursday, June 21, 2012)

These text formats are likely best suited for portable readers. The EPUB format is probably the most useful.

1. EPUB [ .epub ] (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)

Publisher-managed Textbook materials

This text format is likely best suited for netbooks, but each student's situation is different. This format is structured by chapter and then by sub-topic within a chapter. This format is available at no charge.

1. HTML [ .html ]

Other formats are available as well. Thes formats are available at a nominal charge (approximately $30 US).

1. print-it-yourself, textbook in color, e-book, audiobook [ .html ]