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Re:High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Stu... by slt2021 on Sunday June 04, 2023 @10:37PM (#36191637)
what ends up happening is Dean/Department head will publish textbook and will force entire university to purchase his textbook and earn $$$.

this is whats happening at some elite/Ivy league universities

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Re:High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Stu... by Enginerrrd on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @03:50PM (#36218207)
Every once in a while it turns out that it's just a really good book. Gilbert Strang's books were like that. He actually revised them between editions. I mean some editions are totally reorganized. You could tell he did it because he thought the material could be better presented, not just because he could make more money on a new edition.
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