According to BBC News, Pearson, the largest US education publisher, announced that it will gradually phase out paper textbooks and convert to e-books. The company's base sales in the first quarter of 2019 increased by 2%, although the company admitted that business revenue in the United States may fall by 5%. The company's current digital business revenue has exceeded half of total revenue.

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每周广播一则（十二）：纸制教科书渐被淘汰

, F% H! r+ g4 l& Q' eAs we all know, American university textbooks are very expensive. Students can't afford to buy second-hand books or rent textbooks. In the past, in order to guarantee income, booksellers had to launch a new version of textbooks every three years, which is a common practice in the industry. Pearson believes that nowadays, when it is converted into an e-book, it will be more beneficial to income, because the content of textbooks can be continuously updated every month, and students can also buy money.

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据BBC新闻报道，美国大型教育出版社 Pearson 宣布，将逐步淘汰纸制教科书，向电子书转变。该公司在2019年第一季度的基础销售增长了2%，尽管该公司承认在美国的商业收入可能会下降5%。而该公司目前数字业务的收入已超过总收入的一半。
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0 }! @/ I' @/ e5 O8 }8 H" Q7 m8 E5 s总所周知，美国的大学教科书是很昂贵的，学生们买不起，只能选择购买二手书或者租用教科书。过去为了保证收入，书商不得不每三年推出教科书的新版，这是行业的传统做法。Pearson 公司认为，如今改成电子书以后，对收入会更有利，因为每个月可以持续不断地更新教科书内容，更能推动学生们出钱购买。
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