Root Cause (Score 1)

This doesn't fix the root cause of the problem. Why are text books so expensive? You can purchase textbooks from over seas with the nice logo above the UPC code that says "NOT FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES". Text books over seas are drastically lower in price. The information on the pages are exactly the same as the book you would buy in the US. Why can the publisher charge more for the same information? Why not find cheaper ways for producing the books? Change the paper, ink, revisions, etc. All this does is change the vendor and reduce the amount of overhead for the textbook. The college is doing what it can to reduce the cost. But if the colleges put pressure on the publishers things might change.