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Re:High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Stu... by TT-392 on Sunday June 04, 2023 @04:52PM (#36189486)
How about a system like the one dutch highschools use. In that system, the students get the books from school at the start of the year and return them at the end of the year (the school owns the books). That way the books are for sure reused, and the price is reduced.
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Re:High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Stu... by SoftTalker on Sunday June 04, 2023 @05:44PM (#36189874)
American high schools use the same model. It's only at university where you are expected to buy your books.
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Re:High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Stu... by TT-392 on Monday June 05, 2023 @04:44AM (#36193910)
Ah, I didn't know that, well then, if people are already used to this system. Clearly it is the easiest solution then.
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