Okay, it's the winter, but no one ever wrote a song about winter break. I'm done, the textbook cartel screwed me over again, and I should have aced both my finals. 6 more units down.
Who exactly is getting rich off of textbook sales? I doubt it's the schools, I don't suspect it's most authors...that leaves publishers or distributers. They must be making enough money so that if anyone were to ever think it was a good idea to actually buy books back at a decent price, or otherwise go against the norm that someone named Guido would show up on their doorstep to "send them a message." Bastards. How do they always know which book I want to keep the least and make sure to launch a new edition of that one making my version worthless.
When I become a professor, I'm simply not going to require a textbook, especially if I'm not going to use it. Myabe 20 years ago when it was harder to come by updated information on your own this edition diarehha made sense, but with the internet making searches for new material only seconds away, there is no need at all other than gouging to release a new edition every semester.
Hey! I am very good friends with folks who edit text books! Them's fighten words!
BTW, would you like to buy a 10 YRO Linear Algebra book? Perfect condition, never read!
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