TAA debunks the top 7 myths regarding textbook costs
Students’ purchase of used textbooks, and more recently, the theft of new textbooks via downloads at file sharing websites, is based on misinformation about how textbook publishing works, how professors choose textbooks, the business practices of book resellers, and the motivations of authors who write textbooks.
TAA Â interviewed publishers, professors and authors as a way to set straight the top myths regarding textbook costs.