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ABSTRACT: High school teacher Ed Eckel complained in a PhysLrnR post
about the $149 price of the 2008 hard copy edition of Calvin Kalman's
book "Successful Science and Engineering Teaching. . . ." Kalman
responded that the 2007 paperback edition is only $30. A recent
PhySoc post by Art Hobson indicates a possible way to lower textbook
prices - authors can follow his example and complain to the
publisher - but the results of Art's complaint do not seem to have
had an effect on prices quoted online for Hobson's book "Physics:
Concepts & Connections." Joe Redish has outdone Hobson in lowering
book prices by placing "Teaching Physics With the Physics Suite"
[Redish (2003)] online and FREE to all! Paraphrasing Redish "Will
web documents with interactivity lead to textbooks just withering
away, despite their apparent current vitality?"
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