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> very overpriced textbooks Not just way overpriced, the few Pearson books I happen to own are of an alarmingly low quality. The pages of a phone book look and
by 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 5y ago
> very overpriced textbooks
Not just way overpriced, the few Pearson books I happen to own are of an alarmingly low quality. The pages of a phone book look and feel like premium paper compared to my copy of Blitzer's College Algebra.
- vector_spaces 5y agoNot to mention some of them have wonderful anti-features, such as physical books that have a handful of online-only chapters that you can only access if you buy the textbook new, thereby reducing the value of used copies.
- generationP 5y agoYou'll then appreciate the "Pearson New International Editions" (with a chapter and the preface removed to tank the resale value).
- vector_spaces 5y agoOh yeah, those are all a real hoot with the lovely almost see-through paper and shoddy binding and printing errors like upside down pages.