<p>Have any of you tried the route of importing textbooks from abroad? Many US textbooks have “International Editions” that are sold through online retailers in Europe (like Amazon UK) for a much lower price. Usual differences are the cover, the paper and, sometimes, exercises. For courses where only expositive content is relevant, that might be a way of saving a lot of money.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why, at this day and age of tablets, online rich content, Kindle, apps everywhere, printed textbooks still dominate many university campuses. </p>