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mystmarimatt · 08-24-2005, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glava

What you save in textbooks now will be eclipsed by the money you miss out on when your English major is put to use

Can't buy me love,
Everybody tells me so.
Can't buy me love,
no, no, no, no.

I've accepted my fate.

keyshawn · 08-24-2005, 12:20 PM

FYI - the past thread on this is at http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=82568
[A moderator merging the threads, just a thought]

This is definitely something I won't be looking forward in a couple weeks when I begin my freshman year....
I hope brian's advice can work at a small college [of 1500 total] though it did work at my high school which had the same amount [I got school supplies too

]

I'll give an update when I get to find out how much I had to bend over for the books.

regards,
keyshawn.

rmarshall · 08-24-2005, 12:44 PM

I just read this:

Quote:

COMPUTER EXTRAS BLAMED FOR RISING TEXTBOOK PRICES
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicates that prices for college textbooks have risen at twice the rate of inflation for the past 20 years and blames the increase largely on the inclusion of items such as CD-ROMs that are routinely bundled with books. The report estimates that the average full-time student spends $900 a year on textbooks, a figure that the California Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG)--long a critic of publishers--said echoes its own research. Merriah Fairchild, a higher education advocate for the group, said, "The findings of this report support what we've been saying for two years." Bruce Hildebrand, a spokesman for the Association of American Publishers, refuted the report, saying the average amount is closer to $600. Hildebrand accused CALPIRG of pressuring publishers to eschew newer technologies that can be of educational benefit to students. Fairchild said that in CALPIRG's research, 65 percent of faculty "rarely or never used the bundled materials in their courses." Chronicle of Higher Education, 17 August 2005 (sub. req'd) http://chronicle.com/daily/2005/08/2005081701t.htm

Pragma · 08-24-2005, 01:16 PM

Not only do the CDs make it so much more expensive (often upwards of 20$ extra for the CD), but when you go to sell the book back, if you don't have the CD, you take at least a 20$ hit on the resell value.

meembo · 08-24-2005, 05:35 PM

That sucks. I have a hard time reconciling $250 for a textbook.

Glava · 08-24-2005, 08:14 PM

The CDs are pretty much useless. I've used many books that included CDs, but none of my classes utilized them. Just another fucking excuse to make money.

CSflim · 08-24-2005, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rmarshall

I just read this:

That's gotta be bull! That's just a really poor attempt to justify outrageous prices. The actual CDs cost next to nothing to make - and from my experience, not a huge amount of effort goes into the creation of the content either.

Slavakion · 08-25-2005, 08:01 AM

Anyone care to guess how much this Stats book set me back?

Image one
Image two

Give up?
Spoiler: 81.75 USD. For this ancient piece of crap!

pattycakes · 08-25-2005, 06:17 PM

this one time in highschool they had an ebook of my textbook, online so i used to use that and not carry my book home, and then i dlded it and cracked it and could have printed it but i dont know if any college books are e books

08-24-2005, 12:20 PM	#42 (permalink)
keyshawn Psycho	FYI - the past thread on this is at http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=82568 [A moderator merging the threads, just a thought] This is definitely something I won't be looking forward in a couple weeks when I begin my freshman year.... I hope brian's advice can work at a small college [of 1500 total] though it did work at my high school which had the same amount [I got school supplies too ] I'll give an update when I get to find out how much I had to bend over for the books. regards, keyshawn. __________________ currently reading: currently playing :

08-24-2005, 01:16 PM	#44 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	Not only do the CDs make it so much more expensive (often upwards of 20$ extra for the CD), but when you go to sell the book back, if you don't have the CD, you take at least a 20$ hit on the resell value. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!

08-24-2005, 05:35 PM	#45 (permalink)
meembo Junkie Location: Connecticut	That sucks. I have a hard time reconciling $250 for a textbook. __________________ less I say, smarter I am

08-24-2005, 08:14 PM	#46 (permalink)
Glava Betitled	The CDs are pretty much useless. I've used many books that included CDs, but none of my classes utilized them. Just another fucking excuse to make money. Last edited by Glava; 08-24-2005 at 08:19 PM..

08-25-2005, 08:01 AM	#48 (permalink)
Slavakion Mjollnir Incarnate Location: Lost in thought	Anyone care to guess how much this Stats book set me back? Image one Image two Give up? Spoiler: 81.75 USD. For this ancient piece of crap!