Ebooks could help solve some of this. Most of the cost involved in marketing textbooks has to do with the inordinate amount of waste in the distribution system.
On Tuesday, August 10, 2010, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I was once interested in taking a course in English, (Elixzbithan Period), > History, It fulfilled a core requirement and looked interesting. The cost of > books on the reading list amounted to > $800.00 for used books, (this was in > 1976!), the other course that fulfill the requirement was an American History > course. The entire reading list cost $30.00, for about the same number of > books. I decided to take the American History course. > > On 8/10/2010 9:35 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > I cannot believe what a rip-off textbook prices are. I get $300 from the VA > to buy textbooks & one book is $158.00 ... and that's the friggin' PAPERBACK > version! > > > > > -- > "Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like > 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?" > --Jay Leno > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
