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re: The College Textbook Racket
Posted on 1/26/16 at 4:28 pm to SurfTide
Posted on 1/26/16 at 4:28 pm to SurfTide
lol that colleges are such dinosaurs of liberalism they suck the quasi-government/capitalist teat to the point they make students buy $300 textbooks in 2016
just
funny
i havent bought a textbook since i graduated college in 1990 and yet somehow whenever i need an answer to an electrical, mechanical or .NET related question, the GOOGLE takes care of me.
just
funny i havent bought a textbook since i graduated college in 1990 and yet somehow whenever i need an answer to an electrical, mechanical or .NET related question, the GOOGLE takes care of me.
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 4:29 pm
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Posted on 1/26/16 at 4:30 pm to Cap Crunch
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Yeah, engineering is the crossfit of college majors
I'm an engineer who used to do crossfit. And that is
Posted on 1/26/16 at 4:32 pm to SurfTide
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Do professors get kickbacks from the publishers? Why the hell are these books so expensive??
When I was in college, a lot of my professors hated new editions of books if only because they had to check and make sure the syllabus was still correct.
They don't like the constant changes anymore than the students but the publishers make money off new book sales so things get added or removed or re-numbered/re-organized.
I remember one professor kept the syllabus for an old edition and advised us to get that edition or to pay attention and make sure we read the correct info according to the subject (i.e. they didn't even bother to change the page/chapter numbers on the syllabus).
Posted on 1/26/16 at 4:37 pm to SurfTide
Posted on 1/26/16 at 4:37 pm to SurfTide
I rent mine from Amazon, $20 - $50 a semester. With the VA book allowance, I end making money with this method.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 4:39 pm to SurfTide
I torrent mine
Posted on 1/26/16 at 4:49 pm to LewDawg
That's where I get my solutions manuals from
Posted on 1/26/16 at 4:50 pm to LewDawg
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I torrent mine
But that's illegal! Haha.
I try to torrent or find a .pdf if possible first. Though it can gets difficult sifting through all of those sketchy arse sites. Next ask the teacher directly how much the book will be used and if an old edition will work. Most say an old edition is fine though you still need to buy an access code which typically comes with an online copy. If you can't get an old edition then International Editions are the way to go. EBay is a good spot to start.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 4:52 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
It's only illegal if you get caught. Pretty much everything is on kickass if you want pdf and chegg if not
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 5:30 pm to volod
Having an engineering degree does not make you an engineer.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 5:33 pm to SurfTide
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Do professors get kickbacks from the publishers? Why the hell are these books so expensive?? It sucks being a captive consumer in this situation. Luckily for me, the GI Bill takes care of a lot of it, but I simply can't imagine how normal students manage.
student loans at ridiculous interest rates that you can't default on. that most kids parents/society basically force them to take out because of government brain washing.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 5:33 pm to nager
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Having an engineering degree does not make you an engineer.
there's plenty of engineers out there without engineering degrees. they work in plants
Posted on 1/26/16 at 5:45 pm to SurfTide
Buy the international version
Posted on 1/26/16 at 5:46 pm to SurfTide
Buy the international version
Posted on 1/26/16 at 5:49 pm to SurfTide
quote:how does this contribute to your thread?
after a few years in the Navy
Posted on 1/26/16 at 5:56 pm to TN Bhoy
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scam
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college textbooks
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It's not a scam. Most academic publishers barely break even.
i think you've got your answer there. the publishing house that published your book on pallium fashions in the eleventh-century orthodox church is probably not rolling in the dough.
mcgraw hill, which does several billion dollars worth of business every year, is doing fine.
and @OP, profs don't get kickbacks, though i would gladly accept them if we did! it's the publishing industry, not colleges or individual profs. i advise students to buy earlier editions of textbooks to save money.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 6:27 pm to SurfTide
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GI Bill takes care of a lot of it,
The $1,000 is better than nothing but you just burned through half your stipend on one course.
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