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Old 11-17-2011, 07:09 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by carpetmojo View Post
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?
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