This paper is a report on the statewide effort to address the rising costs of college textbooks in Connecticut. The report is in four sections: (1) a summary of the recommendations made by the Connecticut Taskforce on the Cost of College Textbooks, in response to Special Act 04-3; (2) a summary of actions taken by the Board of Governors for Higher Education in endorsement of those recommendations; (3) an overview of implementation steps proposed by Connecticut's public colleges and universities to address those rising textbooks costs; and (4) a summary of the results of the Textbook Summit held on October 6, 2005, in response to Public Act 05-3, Section 70.