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If the books were decently priced nobody would resort to pirating, except for the very few who have the know how and who wouldn’t think that it’s not the right
by tartoran 6y ago
If the books were decently priced nobody would resort to pirating, except for the very few who have the know how and who wouldn’t think that it’s not the right thing to do. But since most students don’t have an income and the books are priced so high they’re all are forced to find an alternative, that alternative being pirating if used books aren’t available. Back when I was in college I was always buying used books and was selling them afterwards. But the industry realized that and they started pumping out new editions more often. Books pirating wasn’t a think back then. I really have no idea what the situation is right now, are a lot of students workng off pirated pdfs?
- somethingsome 6y agoThe situation is worse than ever in my opinion, there are very few used books and they cost as much as the new ones or more. The new books from previously well respected editions (eg Springer GMT) are now 'print on demand' directly by resellers, that means longer time to receive the books and often a very bad binding which last only a few years before falling apart. Of course they kept the same price.