Too easy to duplicate. The cost of textbooks is obscene. I don't think a publisher is going to sacrifice that kind of profit to put it on a medium that can be reproduced for twenty-five cents on a home PC.Too easy to duplicate. The cost of textbooks is obscene. I don't think a publisher is going to sacrifice that kind of profit to put it on a medium that can be reproduced for twenty-five cents on a home PC.Now I was thinking that as well. But profits, literally, on the backs of kids demonstrates negligent thinking in their business model, IMHO. OSHA would have a fit if they had jurisdiction. But, litigation aside, why can't I just get a copy of the textbook on cd? Maybe as an adjunct to purchasing the textbook? Criminy, they're cheap enough...
Too easy to duplicate. The cost of textbooks is obscene. I don't think a publisher is going to sacrifice that kind of profit to put it on a medium that can be reproduced for twenty-five cents on a home PC.
Good point. I always appreciated the college professors who tried to make it less costly for us on textbooks. Some even used their own funds to provide materials. Most of the material I use in teaching my class (first grade) is my own.
I do think it would be nice somehow to find a way so that textbooks weren't so heavy for those in middle and high schools.