Xref: utzoo comp.edu:1495 sci.math:5020 sci.physics:5051 Newsgroups: comp.edu,sci.math,sci.physics Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!csri.toronto.edu!hofbauer From: hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer) Subject: Re: the high cost of text books! Message-ID: <8812080251.AA26537@king.csri.toronto.edu> Organization: University of Toronto, CSRI References: <4959@bsu-cs.UUCP> <6346@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 88 21:51:45 EST >> The bookstore decides what margin it wants; publishers have no say in >> deciding at what price a bookstore will sell textbooks. > >True enough, BUT, if you look at "Books in Print", the publishers tell >you the cover price of the book, i.e. what the bookseller SHOULD sell >it for. But, since the "cover price" is nowhere on the cover of any >academic textbook, the bookseller can, indeed, sell it for any >price... just stick any old label on it. > I've noticed that in the past year or two "Books in Print" have stopped giving a suggested list price for many textbooks. They tell you to contact the publisher. They do continue giving a price for trade books. Hmmm, do we smell a rat here?