For Americans, Imported Textbooks Can Be Cheaper

mblase writes "The NYTimes has an article (free reg required, someone'll post the Google link any minute now) about how the Internet has trumped capitalism yet again -- the very same college textbooks used in the United States sell for half price, or less, in England. One sophomore imported 30 biology books this fall and sold them outside his classroom for less than the campus-bookstore price, netting a $1,200 profit." Wait 'til they shuffle the problem sets.

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Re:Not capitalism

[Brandybuck]

Bingo! For some bizarre reason, "capitalism" is used interchangably with "corporatism" in the US, yet they are very different things.

This story goes to prove that the market is too flexible and slippery for corporations to control. They'll have to be content with ruling the sheep and potatoes, because to the thinking human, they're just another store front among thousands.