The experiment was worthwhile, but not completely successful. Exit questionnaires filled out by students fell roughly into three different categories:

• I liked having just a free textbook. Some students indicated that since they never open a textbook anyway, it's cheaper to not open a free one than an expensive one.
• I would be willing to pay a little bit ($20-$50) for a good textbook. If hypothetically a good textbook were available at the price, then paying a little bit for it seemed reasonable.
• I want the best textbook I can find, no matter the cost. Given the initial cost of a university course, it makes sense to some students to invest more, even in an expensive textbook, in order to maximize the chance of success.

As we go through the semester, I will post information about the relevant sections in DeFranza and Gagliardi, and link to the relevant section of Beezer.

A word about using the on-line textbook: it's available in several formats, including HTML and PDF. I will typically link to the HTML sections, but if you're seriously reading a section, you will probably want to either look at the PDF online or print something out. If you try and print out the whole book, you'll kill several trees to no good effect. Instead, you might want to consider printing the PDF of each week's section(s).