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re: College Texbook Prices have gone up 1,041% since 1977
Posted on 8/3/15 at 10:22 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 8/3/15 at 10:22 pm to OMLandshark
I can understand why the sciences change books pretty often. But history, math, accounting, etc. isn't changing enough to warrant the need for a new textbook every year.
I don't blame the publishing companies and authors for charging a high price. I just don't see why teachers use the newest books. Do they cut deals with the publishing companies?
I don't blame the publishing companies and authors for charging a high price. I just don't see why teachers use the newest books. Do they cut deals with the publishing companies?
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Posted on 8/3/15 at 10:25 pm to POCKET
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Do they cut deals with the publishing companies?
Universities do
Posted on 8/3/15 at 11:04 pm to POCKET
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I just don't see why teachers use the newest books. Do they cut deals with the publishing companies?
IIRC, it isn't always the teachers. I had a professor in college who told us what book we needed and advised us all to buy an older edition online to save money. He said nothing he was teaching us was different up to three editions ago or something. So I bought the previous year's edition online but it never came in. Wound up stopping payment through the credit card because Amazon was being worthless, but I still needed a book for a test in a week. Had to buy it new for $120 from the LSU Bookstore. Then those assholes wouldn't take it back at the end of the semester because "there was a new edition coming out." I was a sophomore that year and literally never bought or sold another book from/to them after that.
Posted on 8/3/15 at 11:22 pm to POCKET
They cost so much because schools are in bed with the publishers. They love selling you that new book every year for $100-200+ that they "require" for the class. Many people just automatically purchase every book the bookstore says they need.
I've found some professors despise this process and try to help you out by teaching from older editions, or being flexible.
Eh, Newton's Laws of physics don't change, neither does thermodynamics or the like. Science books only change around the order of problems or change a few numbers in the problem statement for a different answer.
I've found some professors despise this process and try to help you out by teaching from older editions, or being flexible.
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I can understand why the sciences change books pretty often
Eh, Newton's Laws of physics don't change, neither does thermodynamics or the like. Science books only change around the order of problems or change a few numbers in the problem statement for a different answer.
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