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Ripoff 101: Gouging Students for Textbooks
Brad Lucier writes "The San Jose Mercury News covers a report by the California Student Public Interest Research Group entitled "Ripoff 101" about the high, and increasing, cost of university textbooks. The story notes several practices that force students to buy new books instead of used and quotes yours truly about how universities are insulated from the costs of books. Is electronic textbook publishing the way to go?"
My campus (the University of Delaware) had this really huge fucking bilding. I think thay called it a library.
In it it had a special section where you could go and check out a text book for a few hours. And for $0.15/page you could make copies of it. Or if you were really poor, walk a few blocks with it and make those copies for 5 cents.
When I went to school I spent all my money on tuition and food. But I still had all the reading I needed.
If a text book cost more then 15 cents a page copy it. You can shrink down 2 pages onto a sheet and save yourself at least 15 dollors and hour of work. If the money isnb't that important don't bitch.
If your school does not provide text books for free reading get together with a few people, once you have the first copy it is real easy to make extras. I think part of teh ridiculous cost of library copiers is that fact that they include royalties even (but that is speculation).
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
Well, the blue-card program will get rid of most of the unskilled jobs in the USA, so yes, we are.
Who decides what books you need and why can't these super smart professors who write theses books make Ebook versions or define the needed books much much earlier.
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Sounds like the college is run like NASA, not like a
Liberty freedom are no1, not dicks in suits.