Elizabeth Culmer (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
edenfalling) wrote2018-08-09 02:17 pm
edenfalling) wrote2018-08-09 02:17 pm
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college textbooks are a scam
Interesting observation of the day:
If I rent my Spanish textbook directly from the publisher, it costs $50 less than if I rent it via the college bookstore. In fact, renting for six months via the bookstore is almost the same price as renting for twenty-four months directly from the publisher.
This is highway robbery.
(I mean, the publisher's price is still offensively high, but I think the point stands. There is no need to get mugged twice.)
If I rent my Spanish textbook directly from the publisher, it costs $50 less than if I rent it via the college bookstore. In fact, renting for six months via the bookstore is almost the same price as renting for twenty-four months directly from the publisher.
This is highway robbery.
(I mean, the publisher's price is still offensively high, but I think the point stands. There is no need to get mugged twice.)