1. Why an eBook?

● The textbooks in Pharmacology for use with Biomedical/Science or Allied Health Students are very good but contain more information than can reasonably be taught in one semester to these students, which is the usual time allotted

● Most textbooks, including Pharmacology textbooks, pack information in a condensed form (for economic reasons) and academics need to unpack this material so that students can grasp and comprehend it more easily

● Suitable textbooks are too expensive to expect all the students to be able to afford to purchase

● Textbooks take a long time to get to publication, and are out of date as soon as they are published. eBooks, without an ISBN, can be continually updated, and kept current

● An eBook can be used as an intermediary between topics of a unit/course and published literature

● An eBook can be a tailored resource for the unit/course, instead of an expensive textbook that is not

● An eBook can have tailored content related to unit/course learning outcomes

● eBooks/eChapters are very popular with International Students, Advanced Standing Students, and Working Students