Flat World Knowledge has announced that it is backing away from offering free online content (TechCrunch). I like the TechCrunch author’s analysis:
the world at large is coming back a bit from the overwhelming sense of entitlement to free content, and expectations are shifting. We’re moving to a time when publishers won’t be able to get away with charging $100 for a textbook, but there’s also mounting evidence that free isn’t exactly going to work either.