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Could college textbooks soon get cheaper?

  • Written by: Jenny Adams, Associate Professor of English, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Just as the printing press made books more affordable, technology could do the same thing for college textbooks today.ju_see/www.shutterstock.com

How much money do students spend on college textbooks? The answer is: too much.

Since 1982, the price of new textbooks has tripled even after taking inflation into account. Since 2006, it has outstripped...

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