Hrm, save 4 dollars by getting the e-book? Looks like I'll be buying ("illegal") International Editions of any other textbooks I may need. It was bad enough when all my undergrad books were $50-70, but for grad school, almost every single book was $100 or more (MSRP). So I went online, and bought the Indian version or whatever, which is *exactly the same*, down to the page numbers, except with a soft cover and black-and-white illustrations. Published by the same people, they just recognize that people in the 3rd world still want textbooks, but can't pay the extortionate rates they've somehow convinced our students are appropriate.
Frankly, I hope that "open source textbook" project linked to above takes off, and puts all the big-name publishers out of business. Normally, I'm a big proponent of capitalism and charging what the market will bear, but the textbook business is a seedy, corrupt affair and we'd be better off without them. Money-grubbing fuckers.
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Hrm, save 4 dollars by getting the e-book? Looks like I'll be buying ("illegal") International Editions of any other textbooks I may need. It was bad enough when all my undergrad books were $50-70, but for grad school, almost every single book was $100 or more (MSRP). So I went online, and bought the Indian version or whatever, which is *exactly the same*, down to the page numbers, except with a soft cover and black-and-white illustrations. Published by the same people, they just recognize that people in the 3rd world still want textbooks, but can't pay the extortionate rates they've somehow convinced our students are appropriate.
Frankly, I hope that "open source textbook" project linked to above takes off, and puts all the big-name publishers out of business. Normally, I'm a big proponent of capitalism and charging what the market will bear, but the textbook business is a seedy, corrupt affair and we'd be better off without them. Money-grubbing fuckers.