(a) General rule.--No later than January 1, 2020, an individual, firm, partnership or corporation that publishes college textbooks offered for sale at institutions of higher education shall, to the extent practicable, make the college textbooks available, in whole or in part, for sale in an electronic format when commercially reasonable.

(b) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any use of instructional materials that would constitute an infringement of copyright under Federal law.

(c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, “college textbook” means a book, not including a novel, that contains printed material and is intended for use as a source of study material for a class or group of students, a copy of which is expected to be available for the use of each of the students in that class or group.