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> All texts combined for one of my courses is between $35-$100 and they still don’t buy them. Is that considered cheap in the US? Do people not do like 5 cours
by echoangle 2y ago
> All texts combined for one of my courses is between $35-$100 and they still don’t buy them.
Is that considered cheap in the US? Do people not do like 5 courses per semester?
- JansjoFromIkea 2y agoPearson make great money charging obscene amounts for books. In many subjects they'll have some online component so if you thought you could get away with using a second hand copy of last year's edition they'll make you have to pay for the online access section separately regardless.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoYes. Most textbooks retail in the ~$200 range. I remember that I had one class in college that had such a long list of recommended textbooks (on top of two required texts) that buying all the course materials would cost $3000 retail, and this was 10 years ago.
- cpitman 2y agoConsidering these courses included assigned reading, and that total would include multiple novels, yes, that is cheap.