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Michigan
College and University Electronic Textbook Act, textbook publishers and electronic versions for colleges and universities
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding private bodies.
What it requires
- If you publish a textbook that a Michigan college or university, public or private, including a junior or community college, has adopted for instructional use, furnish the college or university an electronic version of it on request when the book is for a literary subject, or for a nonliterary subject when technology exists to convert it directly to a format compatible with braille translation software (MCL 390.1543).
- Do not charge more for that electronic version than you charge for the print or electronic media version of the textbook (MCL 390.1543).
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What this law does
The College and University Electronic Textbook Act requires textbook publishers to provide electronic versions of certain instructional materials used in colleges and universities (2003 PA 197, title).
On request, a publisher of a textbook that is adopted for instructional use at a college or university must furnish the college or university with an electronic version of the textbook if the textbook is for a literary subject or, for a nonliterary subject, if the technology is available to convert the textbook directly to a format compatible with braille translation software (MCL 390.1543).
A publisher may not charge a price for the electronic version that exceeds the price it charges for the print or electronic media version of the textbook (MCL 390.1543). A college or university is a degree or certificate granting public or private college or university, junior college or community college located in Michigan (MCL 390.1542(a)). Textbook includes a text published in electronic media that is used for instructional purposes (MCL 390.1542(b)).
The Act took immediate effect on . The Act consists of a short title, definitions and the publisher's duty, and sets no penalty or enforcement procedure.
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