Text books are the most essential books for students at high school level and for students pursuing their professional courses in colleges. Most of college prescribe specific text books for the students but survey forecasts that only 23.4% students buy required books and other 76.6% students don't buy text books.
Reports say that 96.9% students find the cost associated with textbooks as too expensive. When enquired about buying text books, 59.4% students said they prefer to buy second hand books and 25% said they purchase new books.
In present world, over 57.8% students prefer to use digital devices or e- learning methods to read the subject and 42.2% students use text books. The top three reasons for using text books is they are easy to read, and bit simple to make notes. More than 34.4% students read only few chapters most of times and some times 48.4% students prefer few chapters.