Textbooks from PhotoCourse.com have two components that can be used separately or together: core texts and Photoshop lab manuals. In addition, supplements will be periodically made available on interesting topics. Support materials such as end-of chapter questions and exercises and PowerPoint presentations will also be made available in the future.

All of our books are distributed as full-color, fully searchable PDF eBooks that we call eTexts. These eTexts can be read on any PC or Mac equipped with an up-to-date browser and the free Adobe Acrobat reader. eBooks such as ours are revolutionizing the publishing and printing businesses. Here are just some of the ways they are superior to printed texts:

Linked multimedia. etexts can be much more powerful teaching tools because they can integrate animations, movies, audio, other documents, and links to Web sites. Our texts open up this rich and diverse world just by clicking links embedded in our books. Imagine how much easier it will be to convey the concept of pixelization with an animation like this.

Print on demand. Traditional publishers print large quantities at one time, increasing their risks and prices. The print on demand model is to print only when a copy is ordered, eliminating warehousing expenses. This same model applies to using this eBook. You only print selected pages or chapters when they are needed. You no longer have to carry a heavy book, and if you loose your materials, you just print another copy. In many schools students can even stop by any computer anywhere on campus and access their text.

Timeliness. Since large quantities of inventory aren’t required, we can revise and update materials as needed instead of on a fixed schedule every 2 or 3 years. In a rapidly evolving field such as digital photography these frequent revisions are often required to keep materials up to date. The eText you will be reading was updated just before publication.

Distribute and print. Traditional publishers work on a print and distribute basis. This means they take enormous risks, tie up lots of capital, and bear high inventory and warehouse costs, all of these costs are passed on to you. The emerging model, used by this eBook, is called distribute and print. Using this model, materials are distributed around the world electronically and then printed where needed.

Here are just some of the things people have said about our book "The Textbook of Digital Photography" as it was put into circulation—excerpted just as they are in Hollywood and on Broadway.