I am in charge of the committee to select the intro book everyone here uses
and we are in the process of looking at intro to psych textbooks right now.
I'm seeing the same thing. I see it as similar to the study guides that
come with the book - some students will get and use them and some won't if
you don't require material from the study materials. If you do require
students to use the on-line materials, they will need to buy the supplement
(assuming your book store will stock that - a whole other issue). Some book
companies do have small websites that are free to students (in addition to
the paid ones - Allyn and Bacon does this). Worth publishing's website is
free for all students and requires no password.
At 09:30 AM 3/21/2006 -0800, you wrote:
I wonder how many are noticing a trend of textbook publishers creating a
"premium" grade web site for textbooks which require an additional fee for
the students to access. For example I am currently using an intro text
that has a free web site with some interesting and worthwhile
activities. Most psych texts with which I am familiar have these
sites. Now the publisher is offering an enhanced web site which also has
features for classroom management that is only $2.00 more than the price
of the new book. Purchased as a stand alone...that web site access sells
for $25. I believe that most of my students will look for as used book,
but I certainly don't want to require that they buy access to the web
site. I expect therefore to have two populations of students in the
course....those with the used book, and no access to the enhanced web
site...and those who buy the new book. I also realize that this is a
marketing strategy to keep a steady flow of new books ringing up sales.
I am wondering what others in the group are doing about this "trend".
Mark Eastman
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill CA 94523
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Dept. of Psychology and Counseling
Valdosta State University
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