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For Americans, Imported Textbooks Can Be Cheaper

Posted by timothy on from the this-trumps-capitalism-how-exactly dept.

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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  1. Cheaper over here? by nanoakron · · Score: 0, Troll

    Things cheaper on this side of the Atlantic?

    First I've ever heard of it...

    Petrol (Gas) - about US$5/gallon
    Cigs - About US$7/pack
    Average CD - About US$22
    Tiny house, no land - US$300,000 even outside cities.

    So stop bitching already.

    -Nano.

  2. Re:Trumping Capitalism?? by Flounder · · Score: -1, Troll
    Refresh my memory, though. Which part of this falls under the DMCA, exactly?

    Does it have to fall under any particular provision. The DMCA is one of those laws that can be twisted and perverted to accomodate the needs of pretty much anybody, except those needs of the end user.

    Kind of like the Patriot Act and the tax code, eh?

    --

    No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. - Cmdr. Susan Ivanova

  3. Re:Not capitalism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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