Textbook Pricing

[LouisianaB]

Same thing is happening with Netflix, Hulu etc.....students are sharing passwords.

I’m not 100 percent sure, but I do think sharing accounts for books may be illegal.

It’s clear that this story is exaggerated. Publisher mad because people are sharing, so it marked up price on electronic version. Regular version price didn’t go up.

[CajunVic]

Just rent the darn thing like we all did.

I'm pretty sure that is a rental price. It's on-line.

[cajun_lannister]

I'm pretty sure that is a rental price. It's on-line.

No thats for the E-book version you will always have access to it .

[CajunNation]

When will humanity learn?

Everything digital will fail.

[cajunfan96]

The Corndog Media Mafia already running with this story.

http://www.wbrz.com/news/students-ou...line-text-book

Has anyone heard of the College of Education Textbook, "Multiplication Is for White People": Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children"

[Cajun90]

People were sharing electronic versions of the book. Like it or not, this is a product that a lot of people worked on and if everyone shares electronic versions, money is not made. This isn’t the university. It’s the publisher.

Do you know this for a fact??? I'm not buying it.

MANY textbooks today are electronic and there are multiple ways to protect them. Certainly can be taken advantage of but why this one book? If the publishers answer was to create an outrageous price for the online version then it only shows they are incapable of staying current with technology.

[CajunEXPRESS]

People were sharing electronic versions of the book. Like it or not, this is a product that a lot of people worked on and if everyone shares electronic versions, money is not made. This isn’t the university. It’s the publisher.

Actually that’s not exactly what the university said. They’re suggesting that they wanted to discourage the use of the online book for the benefit of the students. Apparently there’s something lacking in the on line version.

You may be right, they’re simply trying to keep down book sharing, but again that’s not what’s being pushed as a reason.

[CajunVic]

People were sharing electronic versions of the book. Like it or not, this is a product that a lot of people worked on and if everyone shares electronic versions, money is not made. This isn’t the university. It’s the publisher.

I would venture to say that NO level 201 book is worth $1000

[CajunAmos]

No thats for the E-book version you will always have access to it .

Someone told me the ebooks are available for the semester you pay for them.

[cajun_lannister]

Someone told me the ebooks are available for the semester you pay for them.

I still have E-books from when I was in school maybe it changed but i have my Calc & history book on a USB