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Originally Posted by KevinH
The funny thing is if you actually ask the publisher reps that come to campus to push their "textbooks" they will tell you that the cost of textbooks is high because of the extremely expensive cost of printing and binding in limited quantities!
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Hey, it is possible... Higher ed is a very specific market, so maybe paper costs are higher than I imagine. Or, they could be snowing you.
Unlike most people, though, I don't approach these things with the default assumption that "They are out to screw you."
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Originally Posted by KevinH
So where is all of the money going for the DRM ebook version that expires in 8 months? To subsidize the paper copies? I don't think so.
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I dunno, we might need to find some insiders. Or pore over some trade rags.
Regardless I don't think there is any excuse for the expiration date, especially when combined with high prices.
Maybe it would make sense for the student body to register their discontent with onerous expiration dates and the like. Because, y'know, students are often focused and easy to coordinate around a single issue like this.
