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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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Shouldn't you be writing textbooks for the sole purpose of enlightening future generations of humanity? If there is any type of book that should not be sold it is an educational text. I believe no book should be sold but that is just my opinion.