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Archive for October, 2006

Problem: Publisher needs to rip off college freshman. Solution: Publish a ‘new’ edition of a reading anthology.

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Yes, there are no heights (or depths) textbook publishers and authors will go to in order to rip off students. Note the average college reader in a freshman course is $60-$80. Of course, if you find it on the Internet for 49c, you will be very content until you learn it’s the ‘old’ edition. The […]

How about this: the federal government could fund the writing and editing of college textbooks.

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

In Dean Baker’s policy analysis published by the and entitle “Beyond the Conservative Nanny State: Policies to Promote Self-Sufficiency Among the Wealthy,” the author offers a modest proposal for the government to help subsidize textbook development, so that copies could be purchased cheaply. The government already subsidizes research in medicine, agriculture and a dozen […]

Connecticut enacts Public Act No. 06-103 regading college textbook affordability.

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Not to think that a report goes without action, here is the result of the January 2006 Connecticut legislature college textbooks report. It went into legislation in Connecticut on July 1, 2006, and lays out some rules for textbook publishers must adhere to.

If you think State government isn’t serious about college textbook ripoffs, read this.

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

The State Assembly of Connecticut released a report about its ‘concerns’ regarding college textbooks, and published in January, 2005. If nothing else, the wording of the title of the report is great bureaucratize (George Orwell would have some fun with it). It read: “A Report to the Joint Standing Committee of the […]