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    oferMay 21, 2013 at 8:13 pm

    Good review. One issue with e-books – related only to price is that they have no resell value (that is one reason publishers while initially reluctant to go this route are now very eager about this market).

    Regarding the book you mentioned “Fundamentals of Statistics” – it was just released as a new 4th edition. Its list price is $142 and can be bough used for $72 or rented for $38:

    see prices 9780321838704

    The prices for the 3rd edition as a result have gone down to ranges that you mentioned, and for many classes the older edition will do just fine (just make sure to ask your professor):

    older edition (9780321641878) prices

    -Ofer
    The Cheap Textbook

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    Mark BakerMay 2, 2013 at 4:14 am

    Great article! I have long thought textbooks were a scam. I would like to add that in many cases, professors do not need to assign the latest edition of a text. They could help students by accommodating their syllabus to earlier version; research does not move so fast that we need new editions each year. Students should ask their professors whether they could use an earlier edition of a text.

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