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Re: Costs of textbooks



Those tax code changes have definitely hurt education. Another consequence,
besides raising prices is the increased unavailability of books (more books
are out-of-print) due to not being able to warehouse them. This was
remarked upon just recently by the person trying to find a thermodynamics
text.

-----Original Message-----
From: Spagna Jr., George [mailto:gspagna@RMC.EDU]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 6:43 AM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: Costs of textbooks


Before Reagan-era changes in tax codes, publishers could profitably
warehouse a text. Once that became a liability, they only
print enough for
current demand.

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