Quote:
Originally Posted by carpetmojo
What a great idea !
Of course, it is plainly obvious that the publishers will realise their social responsibility and support for education, and sell the etexts at very reasonable prices, thus helping hard-pressed students.
In fact they may sensibly offer to sell the texts "on lease", again at a reasonable price, for the length of the student's course, accepting that that is all most will need them for.
It's as plain as the nose on yer face.  |
Print publishers realizing any kind of responsibility? If you believe that, I've got a battleship and a huge statue of Sam Houston to sell you.
These are the companies that offer a different version of each textbook for each state, carefully designed to match the ideology of that state's board of education. Responsibility? Gimmie a break.
"On Lease" simply means they get to re- sell it every semester at full price if a student ever needs to refer back to it. $100 now, and $100 every four months. And yes, the kids will have to buy it; what's to stop the textbook companies from providing a list of who *hasn't* bought it to the prof for harassment?