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re: Time to bitch about book prices
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:02 pm to Upperdecker
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:02 pm to Upperdecker
Digital rental?
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Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:03 pm to CAD703X
I found an old Chemistry book from 1979 in my attic last year....didn't know I still had it.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:03 pm to The Third Leg
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I have no problem with any price charged for access to intellectual property. It is a free market, and the market sets the price.
do you even real world bro?
i'm 49 and haven't bought a book except for pleasure since i was at LSU.
it has NOTHING to do with the free market. it is COLLUSION with educational boards pure and simple.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:03 pm to Hammertime
You could save money on textbooks and learn about marine diesel engines in the navy, man. Hell they'll pay you to learn about them.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:03 pm to Hammertime
thats a few days worth of pay assuming you're studying something in the STEM field. Worth it.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:04 pm to CAD703X
Please, explain their efforts to collude.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:04 pm to The Third Leg
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It is a free market, and the market sets the price.
not really.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:05 pm to Hammertime
I worked at CTX off and on for like 3 years (mostly during semester start or "rush") and got free books.
i suggest everyone go ask them if they need help during rush before fall semester. its pretty shitty work, but hey... free books.
now that i think about it, is CTX even there anymore?
i suggest everyone go ask them if they need help during rush before fall semester. its pretty shitty work, but hey... free books.
now that i think about it, is CTX even there anymore?
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:05 pm to CAD703X
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why in the frick does this not happen everywhere??
No idea. It was the one thing I couldn't complain about going back to school.
I have access to all the textbooks I will need for my entire program. They were all loaded up on vitalsource.com the first day of class. There is even an app on my phone where I can access all the books at. Makes it easier to get all the readings done for class.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:05 pm to terd ferguson
and then have to go to a school after that navy time to actually learn what to do
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:06 pm to lsunurse
I usually could find the older edition with the same shite in it for like $20 online
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:06 pm to The Third Leg
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Please, explain their efforts to collude.
when the teacher sets the price on the book they wrote and makes it required reading for the class.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:08 pm to Jones
You could argue that there is no such thing as a free market, because there isn't, but by our definition, this pricing is set in a free market.
Book is written and published. Book is marketed. Book is selected. Book is sold.
Book is written and published. Book is marketed. Book is selected. Book is sold.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:08 pm to Jones
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and then have to go to a school after that navy time to actually learn what to do
Naw man... they'll learn you. I went through all kinds of really good schools.
Or you could do what some people do... 20+ years, retirement pay, and work somewhere like Walmart or Home Depot. A lot of my buddies that stayed in ended up doing officer programs so now when they retire they'll be making pretty good money.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:10 pm to terd ferguson
yea ive looked at some of the retirement pays and plenty make very good money after. on top of whatever else they are doing.
you work at walmart or home depot?
you work at walmart or home depot?
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:10 pm to Jones
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and then have to go to a school after that navy time to actually learn what to do
If you do it right you go to school while in and let them pay for 80% of it, get out with a degree and experience. Nukes make a lot of money when they get out without a degree.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:11 pm to BRgetthenet
Digital book rental is they make you sign up on a website and you can access the book there digitally, instead of a physical paper copy
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:11 pm to SidewalkDawg
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You should fight him, after knuckle check of course. Can't be too careful.
Beat me to it.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:11 pm to Hammertime
All books for free online 
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:11 pm to Displaced
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when the teacher sets the price on the book they wrote and makes it required reading for the class.
I covered that in my first post. Few Profs write their own textbooks either. I had a few, and they were all priced in line with most texts.
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