Xref: utzoo sci.math:5042 sci.physics:5070 comp.edu:1506 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!njin!princeton!njsmu!mccc!pjh From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.physics,comp.edu Subject: Re: How to beat the high cost of text books! Message-ID: <483@mccc.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 18:00:08 GMT References: <684@stech.UUCP> <605@poseidon.ATT.COM> <580@oravax.UUCP> <3466@emory.uucp> Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) Organization: The College On The Other Side of U. S. Route 1 Lines: 18 In article <3466@emory.uucp> vicki@emory.uucp (Vicki Powers) writes: =This got me thinking - =is this habit of sending textbooks to academics contributing to the high cost? Yes and no. A few years ago, many oublishers not only stopped sending unsolicited texts, they stopped sending solicited ones as well! However, they quickly realized that they were stopping their best advertising. If you can't use the book, you might either pass it along to a colleague who could use it, donate it to your library, or return it to the publisher. Pete -- Pete Holsberg UUCP: {...!rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh Mercer College CompuServe: 70240,334 1200 Old Trenton Road GEnie: PJHOLSBERG Trenton, NJ 08690 Voice: 1-609-586-4800