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Originally Posted by 6charlong
It sounds like required reading for a collage course. They always charge students outrageous prices. When looking through the eBook lists, especially in the nonfiction section, you can always spot the college texts by prices over about $35USD. That's my theory anyway.
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Many college books are expensive because they are sold to a small audience. Many of the books that have a larger audience are expensive to produce. There are exceptions, and I don't like a lot of the games that textbook publishers play, but the captive audience argument only goes so far.