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THIS In my country there is currently a debate because we used to have a relatively big "industry" of photocopied textbooks because of the high prices of books

by singold 13y ago

THIS In my country there is currently a debate because we used to have a relatively big "industry" of photocopied textbooks because of the high prices of books. Some weeks or months ago, the police closed a lot of this places that photocopied books (mostly in front of the law school oh the irony), and now, nobody wants to photocopy books. I got really angry (not because I photocopied books, I have most of my book in pdf) but because the state university (the biggest and for some the best) likes to talk about how "anyone" can study for free (as in beer ;) but nobody talks about the huge bill of books you have if you buy them legally. I thought about some kind of wiki-like platform for books where not only teacher, but also students can collaborate to create and maintain the books. I would love to see this in reality, I wanted to start it myself, but really don't have the time/resources to get to it.

pavanred 13y ago
I remember the practice of using photocopied textbooks during my undergrad. The place I am from, its quite common to use photocopies of textbooks because most books are very expensive. Besides, there were specific shops that used kerosene in the photocopiers (I don't know how it works though)and that reduced the cost of photocopying per page by almost a third or the original price. I remember distinctly that the photocopies you get by this method would carry a kerosene stink and sometimes the ink would fade over time.
- rahimnathwani 13y ago
  "Besides, there were specific shops that used kerosene in the photocopiers (I don't know how it works though)and that reduced the cost of photocopying per page by almost a third or the original price." Kerosene is/was subsidised in many places (e.g. India), I think because every needs to eat (and therefore everyone needs fuel for their stove.)

by singold 13y ago

pavanred 13y ago

I remember the practice of using photocopied textbooks during my undergrad. The place I am from, its quite common to use photocopies of textbooks because most books are very expensive. Besides, there were specific shops that used kerosene in the photocopiers (I don't know how it works though)and that reduced the cost of photocopying per page by almost a third or the original price. I remember distinctly that the photocopies you get by this method would carry a kerosene stink and sometimes the ink would fade over time.

rahimnathwani 13y ago
"Besides, there were specific shops that used kerosene in the photocopiers (I don't know how it works though)and that reduced the cost of photocopying per page by almost a third or the original price." Kerosene is/was subsidised in many places (e.g. India), I think because every needs to eat (and therefore everyone needs fuel for their stove.)