The Textbook Challenge: How students find affordable books for classes - Penina Beede, Daily Campus

Students at the University of Connecticut and across the country struggle with the same challenge they face at the beginning of every semester: finding textbooks at an affordable price. According to a recent study conducted by the American Enterprise Institute, the price of college textbooks has risen nearly 200 percent over the last two decades. Jordan Weissmann of The Atlantic attributes the price hikes to the profiteering of monopoly textbook publishers. He writes that publishers go to great lengths to take advantage of students, “from bundling textbooks with software that forces students to buy new editions instead of cheaper used copies, to suing low-cost textbook startups over flimsy copyright claims.” http://dailycampus.com/stories/2019/1/25/the-textbook-challenge-how-students-find-affordable-books-for-classes