College publishers want a textbook distributor to stop the sale of counterfeit textbooks, which undercut their prices.
Topic: college textbooks
Colleges Struggle to Adjust to Changing Textbook Market
From Inside Higher Ed: With broad adoption of rented textbooks and the steady but incremental shift from print to digital, the price of instructional materials is inching down — far too slowly for those worried…
ObamaCare Architect’s Textbook is the Most Expensive at Cal-Berkeley
It costs $255 for a new copy, which is really expensive for college students. Photo by wstera2
Professor in Trouble after Not Pushing Expensive Textbook in His Course
Not believing in pushing expensive college textbooks to college students has a price, apparently.
Jonathan Gruber’s Textbook is Assigned to Public Finance Students in the U.S.
His textbook, Public Finance and Public Policy, is considered one of the best textbooks on public finance and is widely used by college courses and professors to teach the subject.
Textbook Prices have Risen over 1,000% since 1977
Wait, what?! Yes, that’s what the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated.