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Old 09-19-2010, 08:53 AM   #17
borisb
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Originally Posted by cheyennedonna View Post
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.
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.