Wikibooks:Wikibooks in the media

2009[edit source]

Jimmy Wales Joins Open Textbook Organization. Compares CK-12 to Wikibooks, but writes that Wikibooks is GFDL licensed.

Online multimedia textbooks: Follow-up Strong criticism of Wikibooks from the academic community, although mentioning that Wikibooks is a significant alternative to the traditional textbook development community.
Searing in Flavor by The Monitor cites Wikibooks' Cookbook twice

Bang goes your buck by The Hindu Business Online references Wikibooks materials twice, but credits us as... Wikipedia
Digital school books feasibe? by The Washington Times mentions Global Text Project and Wikibooks
There have been numerous news reports recently about the Global Text Project, created by Rick Watson (aka User:Rick/User:Rtw), which usually mention the prototype book for the project was "XML: Managing Data Exchange" at Wikibooks. Just one example of the news reports is The Global Text Project at Technology News Daily.
Desktop: Free textbooks anyone? by the Jerusalem Post, 31 Aug 2006
Wikibooks is mentioned in the second edition of The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman's book on globalization, along with other Wikimedia projects, 18 April 2006
Imagine textbooks in a new form by Philadelphia Inquirer, 19 Feb 2006
techtarget.com 10 Feb 2006
Wikibooks cited as source of publication about computer security
Wiki uni gets an online push by Australian IT, 18 Jan 2006