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Originally Posted by cheyennedonna
New editions of textbooks seem to exist solely for the publishers to make money; students tend to resell textbooks after the semester and new students buy used. Now the publishers income is down, a new version is published and the schools switch to the new version with the new year.
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Which the publishers in their electronic versions are strictly forcing now since an eTextbook is often locked to 6-12 months of use only, after which you have to buy another copy (old or new version), i.e., no more hand-me-downs, or used copies.