“The $300 textbook is dead,” says the CEO of textbook maker Pearson

Re:“The $300 textbook is dead,” says the CEO of textbook mak... by 4ensic on Sunday August 18, 2019 @09:27PM (#20734182)

Granted it's a rental, but at least a hardbound book could be resold. The rent-seekers at Pearson cut their supply chain to almost nothing and still make a handsome profit from their captive audience.

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Re:“The $300 textbook is dead,” says the CEO of textbook mak... by situational87 on Monday August 19, 2019 @07:54AM (#20736946)

Not sure that's better, when I was a college student living in poverty I was expected to buy $100-$300 books and at the end of the semester I would sell them back for $5-$20. Used pricing was never different than new, and the "17th edition" scam meant you often couldn't sell books back at all.

I just started stealing textbooks shamelessly, and have zero regrets about it because I would not have finished college without those small crimes.

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Re:“The $300 textbook is dead,” says the CEO of textbook mak... by todd8 on Monday August 19, 2019 @08:18AM (#20737065)

Did that mean that other people didn’t get to finish? Or did it mean that they simply had no choice to pay for the book you stole and then again for one of their own?

Is this that different from picking a victim and demanding that he or she hand over the money you lack for a textbook?

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Re:“The $300 textbook is dead,” says the CEO of textbook mak... by NahJustDeadpool on Monday August 19, 2019 @11:33AM (#20738649)

It is probably more along the lines of downloading/pirating a pdf version, or scanning and printing an entire textbook.

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