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quote:SO what is so outlandish about this.
quote:Originally posted by CrustyMac:
Fortunately, I always had professors that understood how much we were paying in tuition, room, and board, and only assigned books that we would actually use.
I don't think the publishers are being greedy. If every student bought every needed textbook new - not used - then the costs would go down.
In order to publish a text book a publisher has to find an author - pay them, pay for rights for materials used in the book (photos, drawings, graphs), print the books, and then market them to the colleges and professors that will be using them. Not all colleges will pick up a particular economics 101 book. So, how many books will they actually publish?
Unlike Lord of the Rings, a college textbook has to be updated, sometimes every year. Then there is the "used" market, and colleges that do things to reduce their costs - like rental programs - that decrease the potential number of sales.
Yes, text books do cost a lot, but they cost a lot to produce.
quote:The main result of all of this is that more and more students must apply for loans which means that with all that government money coming in, schools will continue to raise tuition to get more and more money. Meanwhile, by graduation time, students are awash in debt. It's a vicious cycle.
quote:Originally posted by skymaster:quote:Originally posted by CrustyMac:
Fortunately, I always had professors that understood how much we were paying in tuition, room, and board, and only assigned books that we would actually use.
I don't think the publishers are being greedy. If every student bought every needed textbook new - not used - then the costs would go down.
In order to publish a text book a publisher has to find an author - pay them, pay for rights for materials used in the book (photos, drawings, graphs), print the books, and then market them to the colleges and professors that will be using them. Not all colleges will pick up a particular economics 101 book. So, how many books will they actually publish?
Unlike Lord of the Rings, a college textbook has to be updated, sometimes every year. Then there is the "used" market, and colleges that do things to reduce their costs - like rental programs - that decrease the potential number of sales.
Yes, text books do cost a lot, but they cost a lot to produce.
Making insignificant changes to the text book every year so students have to buy a new version is being greedy to me. I’ve look thru the books and can’t see any reason why a new version is needed other than to sell another book.
167.00 for a chemistry book sounds way overpriced to me.
quote:Originally posted by KissedGrits:quote:SO what is so outlandish about this.
Because they have had tuition increases at the beginning of every semester now for the past four years. I am putting a son through UNA. I know.
The main result of all of this is that more and more students must apply for loans which means that with all that government money coming in, schools will continue to raise tuition to get more and more money. Meanwhile, by graduation time, students are awash in debt. It's a vicious cycle.
