A textbook case of price gouging

[ucbalumnus]

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@bearpanther

He told me has lost a good amount in royalties every year due to pirate sites that offered his book for free. He knows how many schools around the country use his book, and therefore about how many copies should sell. The numbers don’t match.</p>

<p>[…] I too was once a poor college student but that’s what used books were for.

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<p>Wouldn’t the trade in used books account for the “shortage” of new book sales?</p>