Make Texbooks Affordable Campaign

The price of higher education textbooks has generated some heated debate in the U.S.

Have a look at this web site

It contains among other items a downloadable report entitled, 'Exposing the Textbook Industry:How Publishers' Pricing Tactics Drive up the Cost of College Textbooks'.

I can't think of a similar campaign in the U.K. It makes for pretty strong stuff. What do others think?

Filed Under: [Publishing]

Posted on 22 Mar 2007 around 5pm

Comment added by Donald Maclean on 29 Mar 2007 around 9am

I don’t see why not. It’s about time publishers got their act together and published e books in an easier format at reasonable prices. They would sell a lot more of their goods. They are ludicrously paranoid in many areas, not least of them copyright.
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It would be great if they could enter the 21st century, or even the 20th would be a start.

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