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[pearwaldorf]

Holy god. I just spent 220 dollars on textbooks.

When the revolution comes, the textbook manufacturers will be the first to go.

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[museaway.livejournal.com]

Thank GOD.

Because I spent over $400 on mine this semester.

>__

[sonatine.livejournal.com]

*clutches chest* Grk! Aagh! *foomp*

I am so sorry.

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[museaway.livejournal.com]

Oh, me *too*.

feh

[pylduck.livejournal.com]

Must. Shoot. Textbook. People.

[that_mireille]

One of the things I loved best was discovering that if a textbook (say, for a freshman-level course) was also sold to high schools, the edition sold to the schools was better made than the college-level edition, and generally not more expensive (and sometimes quite a bit cheaper). Because, of course, a high school has to make a book last 5-7 years, minimum, and a college student only uses it one semester, supposedly (and they want to lower the resale value, of course).

Which explains why my $85 Restoration lit book (and these were 1988 dollars, god knows what it'd cost now) fell apart a month into the semester.

[strebor.livejournal.com]

sounds like me...i spent $300 this semester. ugh.