- 1 2 ▁teachers ▁Better ▁lever aging ▁the ▁substantial ▁intellectual ▁capital ▁of ▁American ▁college ▁and ▁university ▁instruct ors ▁to ▁enable ▁open - lic ensed ▁content ▁for ▁their ▁institutions . ▁Using ▁innov ative ▁copy right ▁tools ▁to ▁secure ▁new ▁and ▁d orm ant ▁K - 1 2 ▁text book ▁content ▁that ▁would ▁not ▁otherwise ▁be ▁made ▁available . ▁Sub st ant ial ly ▁reducing ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁text books ▁for ▁K - 2 0 ▁students ▁and ▁spons oring ▁institutions . ▁Complete ▁elim ination ▁of ▁the ▁then - current ▁US $ ▁ 4 0 0 M + ▁line ▁item ▁for ▁California ' s ▁K - 1 2 ▁text books ▁Sign ific ant ▁increase ▁in ▁the ▁range ▁of ▁content ▁afford ed ▁to ▁California ' s ▁K - 1 2 ▁text books ▁P erman ent ▁end ▁to ▁California ' s ▁text book ▁short ages ▁Cre ation ▁of ▁fully ▁port able ▁content ▁hold ings ▁database ▁that ▁scales ▁with ▁class room ▁techn ologies ▁as ▁they ▁are ▁introduced . ▁ ▁The ▁cost ▁of ▁text books ▁had ▁ris en ▁stead ily ▁over ▁the ▁years ▁preceding ▁C OST P ' s ▁found ing . ▁Crit ics ▁cont ended ▁that ▁publishing ▁companies ▁artificial ly ▁increased ▁prices ▁and ▁essentially ▁shut ▁out ▁compet ing ▁efforts ▁to ▁liber ate ▁academic ▁content ▁from ▁traditional ▁copy right ▁control . ▁ ▁On ▁C OST P ' s ▁in ception , ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁California ▁was ▁sp ending ▁more ▁than ▁US $ ▁ 4 0 0 M ▁ann ually ▁for ▁K - 1 2 ▁text books , ▁yet ▁text book