Open Access Textbooks can be an affordable alternative to regular textbooks. Unlike traditional textbooks, the creators of these textbooks have designed them to be royalty free meaning that their content is freely available. Though all these works are available as eBooks, you can order print versions of the textbooks as well; however, there is a relatively small fee to cover printing and binding costs. A few things to keep in mind when using open access textbooks is that you may not have as many options as you do with traditional textbooks, and you don't have a publisher providing support material.