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Originally Posted by nekokami
That $50 covers the cost of my lunches for about two months, plus some. But many faculty at this university seem to think that they have to "support" the local textbook store (not owned by the university) and are highly resistant to giving out their textbook lists in advance of classes, despite numerous formal requests by the student senate.  Somehow, I don't think those professors would be interested in helping students get ebook versions instead, either. |
i won't say all, but a typical professor is going to get THEIR copies for free. as well, there is going to be a variety of publishers buying them lunch, giving them tons of books and perhaps even uhm, well, bribes to USE their book.
the bookstore has an incentive to sell books. if a professor is so tied to the store, that the only way to get the list of books is AT the bookstore, that smells like stinky things that smell (of two ways streets and corruption). kind of appalling but expected, i suppose.
my old prof at college had BOXES of books he never ordered, asked for, or wanted on a variety of cool topics. his favorite students had first pick. i suppose as well, they could then turn around and sell them to those vultures that buy textbooks for pennies on the dollar and resell them at quarters to the dollar. it's a racket to be sure.
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