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Venting - Textbook costs
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01-18-2009, 01:22 AM
The thing I find more irksome (or sadistically amusing) is how some colleges tout this "save money with ebooks!" idea. Excelsior for one does sell some textbooks as ebooks but you'd have to be committed in an institution to think this was a better idea than buying a used textbook.

For the ebooks I did see it went something like this: Actual Textbook price $135, ebook version $109. Ha! Who are they kidding? You can't sell the ebook back through Amazon or MBSDirect afterward. So you end up losing money on both ends. Who in the world would fall for this scam? Rolleyes
B.S. Liberal Studies Excelsior College
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Venting - Textbook costs - by Namivie - 01-17-2009, 07:11 PM
Venting - Textbook costs - by cookderosa - 01-17-2009, 08:16 PM
Venting - Textbook costs - by creationstory - 01-17-2009, 08:46 PM
Venting - Textbook costs - by Namivie - 01-17-2009, 10:19 PM
Venting - Textbook costs - by cookderosa - 01-17-2009, 11:18 PM
Venting - Textbook costs - by Professor_Adam - 01-18-2009, 01:22 AM
Venting - Textbook costs - by barcotta - 01-18-2009, 01:56 AM
Venting - Textbook costs - by Farmerboy - 01-18-2009, 02:08 AM
Venting - Textbook costs - by billwest33 - 01-18-2009, 02:42 AM
Venting - Textbook costs - by M24K - 01-18-2009, 12:29 PM
Venting - Textbook costs - by NAP - 01-18-2009, 05:07 PM
Venting - Textbook costs - by rileychica - 01-18-2009, 08:09 PM
Venting - Textbook costs - by Namivie - 01-22-2009, 12:17 PM
Venting - Textbook costs - by craftkc10 - 01-22-2009, 12:23 PM
Venting - Textbook costs - by rubbersoul - 01-22-2009, 01:26 PM

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