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I really hope someone, someday, can successfully cut the legs out from under the racket that is the textbook market. Forced bundles, superfluous editions that d
by mkelly 17y ago
I really hope someone, someday, can successfully cut the legs out from under the racket that is the textbook market. Forced bundles, superfluous editions that do little but change the page numbering, etc. I suspect a healthy enough used-textbook market could do this: As a teacher, if you know students can obtain an older edition easily, you could freeze the version of textbooks you use.
I don't know to what degree university politics would forbid using older versions, though.
- jmathai 17y agoIt's pretty bad. Our goal is to take a completely different approach and allow students to transact amoungst themselves. We let students rent their textbooks to other students. Students make and save money. http://www.textbookrevolt.com http://www.textbookrevolt.com
- cwan 17y agohttp://industry.bnet.com/media/10003790/flat-world-knowledge-a-disruptive-business-model/ http://industry.bnet.com/media/10003790/flat-world-knowledge... - Open source textbooks is another alternative - and a pretty exciting one at that.