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Originally Posted by jamesdmanley
considering what ive seen from the textbook industry and current digital text books, i doubt they would discount the electronic version much. 50% off would be nice, but with a captive market ... sigh. besides, you would lose the ability to resell or gift the text once youre done
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Not being able to re-sell could be a good reason to discount the books. Suppose the books were designed to expire in 6-12 months (like a longer library book loan). Then the price could be dropped much more since everyone would have to purchase (rent) every 6-12 months.
Thank goodness I don't have to deal with that stuff.