Dear Penelope,
Ventus Publishing (behind BookBoon) seems to make their money from in-text advertising within their e-books; you might want to argue the case that this is therefore providing students with biased information. There is a BBC article referencing the company here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9578297.stm
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Hello all,
I have had a query regarding BookBoon.com from a lecturer. He has found a few books on there he thinks will be useful for international students as they are more accessible. It doesn't look very "academic" and I am concerned that if lecturers start to recommend resources on BookBoon that students will assume the information is all high quality. Does anyone have any prior experience with it? Any advice?
Thanks
Penelope Dunn
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