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Originally Posted by HarryT
The problem is though, speaking as a former textbook author myself, that textbooks are very expensive to produce, and have a very small target audience, which is not particularly price-sensitive. Halve the price of a textbook, and you probably won't sell noticeably more copies. I'm afraid the economics of textbook publishing mean that you're never going to see $10 physics textbooks (my former field).
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Hmmm, I can understand that. I wouldn't expect textbooks to be $10 but it would be good if they weren't $100 - $200 + dollars. My Shakespeare text was $150 (not adjusted for inflation). It had very little commentary but it was complete (and gigantic!). That book should be closer to (at most) $50 as an ebook and if they only want to rent it - $20 tops.