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Originally Posted by latepaul
The economics are different.
You buy a novel to read for leisure*, you buy a textbook because it's necessary for your study. Novels are cheaper. Students often have less money....
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Agreed
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
There is no reason why textbooks can't be DRM free.
It is just one of many business decisions an author/publisher makes.
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These are interesting links but I wonder if all book become opentextbook, then writing profession will be out of business. A novel writer, business insider or self-help writer have different reason to write (and they can write anything without being responsible for its correctedness ), they do mainly to improve their communication skills and become subject matter expert. Any money they get is considered a reward not the compensation of efforts.
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Originally Posted by jhowell
Another possibility for DRM-free textbooks would be to have the school purchase licenses in bulk from the publisher and charge students as part of the course's tuition. Then the textbooks could be freely distributed to the students without DRM.
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Yes maybe this is what is going to happen, a bundled packaged for education. And searching for a different material other than recommended by teaching faculty could be a history, as education becoming very focused, commercial business and mostly as means to livelihood i dont see why current trend continues.