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Publication cost comparison: Chemistry Textbook vs Thoreau's Walden 2007-06-08 02:00:00 Doug Tygar is a professor of Computer Science and Information Management at AC Berkeley, posts this Publication cost comparison
sheet being distributed by Prentice-Hall.
The sheet compares the publication cost of two books, an unidentified Chemistry book and Thoreau's: Walden.
The number of free samples produced was impressive. In this example Prentice-Hall.
provides the production costs for a 30,000 copy run. For each 30,000 books produced they have an estimated 6500 free samples. That is a healthy chunk of change going to providing something to professors for free. Of course these costs are inevitably passed on to the student while often the professor sells the desk copy back and makes money.
Publication cost comparison Prentice-Hall Read more:Textbook
Site Updates: Bulk order search and ebook search 2007-06-08 02:00:00 ebook Search: Focused search that only returns books available in an electronic format including, Audio,CD, DVD, PDF and other popular ebook formats.
Bulk Book Order Search: If you need multiple copies of the same book this search looks for booksellers who can fulfill orders of the same title in quantities of 2-25 . This is especially handy if you bulk order textbooks. By buying from one vendor you can save lots of money on shipping.
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What do you hate about textbooks? 2007-06-12 02:00:00 Steve Gimbel, from Philsopher's playground has been writing a textbook on "a philosophy of science". He is asking readers to help him answer the question..
So what is it about textbooks that you really hate and what examples can you think of that made a textbook successful? What should I avoid and what should I try to include?
Chime in or find out what people hate about textbooks
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Site Update: Price Comparison XML API Available! 2007-06-11 02:00:00 We've worked hard to find a way to make our results available to extend our service in ways we never thought of. So we are happy to announce the immediate availability of our Price Comparison XML
API.
The results are the same results from our own site, in a very simple XML format. The REST interface accepts a developer key, and either a book's ISBN or EAN, and that's it! The output is easy as well, with both book information and price inofrmation returned.
We hope to see some innovative and inventive uses of our API in the coming weeks, we'll see how it goes.
To receive a developer key, simply contact us and describe your idea briefly to us.
To see more information and an example of the output, see here.
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Myth of sky rocketing textbook costs 2007-06-14 02:00:00 State and federal legislatures are on the move attempting to lower the cost of college by attacking the price of textbooks. Jim Minatel has a different take on how to help students save on the total cost of college. He has a nice breakdown comparing the effects of inflation on college tuition compared to the effect of inflation on textbooks. He comes to this conclusion...
So yes, while both college and textbook costs are rising faster than inflation, and certainly faster than my wages or those of anyone I know, if you want to do something real about the money being stolen from you to pay for the cost of entry for your kids into the "real world," attack the elephant in the room that costing you $4000-$15,000 a year over what "the real world" says it should. The few hundred a year you might save if textbook costs were held down to inflation rates are chump change in this equation, or beer money for our beloved, departed Tommy's Silver Dollar Saloon.
The whole post here "The Myths of S
Oregon legislation aimed at lowering textbook costs 2007-06-14 02:00:00 More on Oregon
's bill
A bill that won final legislative approval Wednesday will require publishers to be clearer about prices and options for college textbooks, the cost of which can burden students and parents.
Senate Bill 365 repassed the Senate on a 17-11 vote and heads to the desk of Gov. Ted Kulongoski. It was requested by the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group and the Oregon Student Association.
Judging Books by Their Covers - Corruption in Textbook Adoption 2007-07-04 02:00:00 This is an interesting article from 1999 on textbook adoption, and whether it's 100% true or not, it points out how much it would help to not officially adopt a single textbook at all.
If the material were being taught capably, the textbook itself would be secondary, students could choose either by price or by style or by whatever criteria they chose. Read more:Judging
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Win an outdoor adventure from Abebooks 2007-08-28 02:00:00 Abebooks.com is having a contest and the grand prize is an outdoor
adventure for you and 15 friends!
Sign up here to become a team leader and get your team together. Whoever spends the most (and saves the most) wins.
Good luck!
Win free tuition for a year from Amazon.com 2007-08-28 02:00:00 Amazon.com is having a tuition and textbooks sweepstakes, and the grand prize is a year of free tuition!
There are also 50 second place winners and 1000 third place winners that receive large gift certificates, so it is definitely worth signing up for.
Check out details and register at the Textbook Store at Amazon.com Read more:Amazon
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