The used book market is thriving, and if you think you are forced to buy books from the College store then crawl out of under that rock!
This is a ploy by $Apple$ to have the book publishers lunch plain and simple with a change of format (read +DRM) that in the long run leaves people no better off, more likely worse off!
Not sure about you folks' college experience, but I made the mistake of buying books at the College store only once. Every semester after freshman year, I'd ask professor if the book was required, obtain the ISBNs for necessary books and compare prices of new/used on Amazon or Addall.com and pick a winner. For most engineering and science books I'd save $50-100 per title. In grad school it got a little tough since topics were specialized, but still found a way. At the end of the year I would keep most of books that I liked or were good references and sell the rest on Amazon.
5 yrs later that IC design book bought for $75 saved my ass in a job interview, try doing that in 2017 with the ebook you bought yesterday!
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Since we are in the season full tax disclosure, I wonder how much Apple pays ?
The used book market is thriving, and if you think you are forced to buy books from the College store then crawl out of under that rock! This is a ploy by $Apple$ to have the book publishers lunch plain and simple with a change of format (read +DRM) that in the long run leaves people no better off, more likely worse off! Not sure about you folks' college experience, but I made the mistake of buying books at the College store only once. Every semester after freshman year, I'd ask professor if the book was required, obtain the ISBNs for necessary books and compare prices of new/used on Amazon or Addall.com and pick a winner. For most engineering and science books I'd save $50-100 per title. In grad school it got a little tough since topics were specialized, but still found a way. At the end of the year I would keep most of books that I liked or were good references and sell the rest on Amazon. 5 yrs later that IC design book bought for $75 saved my ass in a job interview, try doing that in 2017 with the ebook you bought yesterday!