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In India, one of the reasons that most college textbooks cost $2-$5 on average, is that the colleges refer books that are reasonably priced (of course with cont
by rikacomet 13y ago
In India, one of the reasons that most college textbooks cost $2-$5 on average, is that the colleges refer books that are reasonably priced (of course with content).
Why would someone buy for example Product Design and Development 5th Edition which costs approx 190$ ?
In West, it is a recommended book in most colleges. But in India, it is not the book our teacher/college refers to as the main content.
By 'main content' I mean that even though on average 5-6 books are recommended reads but most teachers have read 1-2 books thoroughly, and others slightly for non-repetitive reasons.
PS: I have read the above mentioned book in a library, its totally NOT worthy of that price.
- eitally 13y agoThe other reason is that a lot of the problem described here exists solely in the US market. Many publishers offer international editions, or even Indian domestic market editions, of the same books at drastically reduced prices. Searching for these has been one of the primary methods US students have been trying to save money the past few years. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/29/education/29textbooks.html http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/29/education/29textbooks.html http://www.abebooks.com/books/Textbooks/international-editions.shtml http://www.abebooks.com/books/Textbooks/international-editio... http://www.quora.com/Why-are-textbooks-so-expensive-in-Western-countries-while-the-same-books-are-cheap-in-the-Indian-subcontinent http://www.quora.com/Why-are-textbooks-so-expensive-in-Weste...