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Does selling used textbooks hurt authors and publishers?
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| Yes | 22% | 127 votes | Total: 568 votes | |
| No | 78% | 441 votes |
Yes
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Created on: September 01, 2008 Last Updated: December 20, 2008
When you see a question such as, "Does selling used textbooks hurt authors and publishers?" you should
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Created on: May 19, 2008
Of course, selling used textbooks can hurt authors and publishers. It places a burden on both parties
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by Patricia Cox
Created on: January 19, 2010 Last Updated: January 23, 2010
Does selling used textbooks hurt authors and publishers?
Yes, selling used textbooks, or any other genre
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by maddie rose
Created on: March 01, 2008 Last Updated: August 24, 2008
Does selling used textbooks hurt authors and publishers?
Yes. It will be a certain fact, if a student
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by Jim Walter
Created on: June 09, 2008
Does selling used textbooks hurt authors and publishers? Yes, of course, it hurts both of them financially
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by Ruth Belena
Created on: July 23, 2008
Whenever a used book is resold it counts as a loss to the author and to the publisher. One more book
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Created on: November 20, 2008
I believe that selling used textbooks does hurt the authors and publishers. I am friends with a local
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Created on: June 05, 2008
If the buyer of a used text book uses said instrument to beat an author or publisher to death with it:
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No
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by J. A. Stier
Created on: May 20, 2008 Last Updated: March 22, 2012
A new text book, depending on course and place of purchase, can range anywhere from $25 to $250.
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Created on: June 11, 2008
When a textbook is written, it is subsequently sold for a profit. Therefore, whatever happens to the
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Created on: January 18, 2010
Selling used textbooks does not hurt authors and publishers. Many times, people choose to purchase used
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Created on: October 27, 2008
If the unit cost of some text books was not so high then some students would not have to resort to buying
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Created on: September 04, 2009 Last Updated: September 05, 2009
Hurt is a complex word. In the case we are discussing, we are talking primarily about financial hurt.
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by Kate Flaxx
Created on: June 17, 2010
For a student, a textbook is an important tool in learning and without textbooks; all those complicated
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Created on: May 07, 2008 Last Updated: May 19, 2010
Does selling used textbooks hurt authors and publishers?
When a student or any person buys a textbook,
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Created on: November 11, 2009
Buying new text books can cost up to hundreds of dollars. There are plenty of people who love to buy
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by everending
Created on: December 21, 2008
It may hurt authors and publishers in terms of profit, but in the end, used textbooks are far more beneficial
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Created on: July 11, 2009 Last Updated: July 13, 2009
Going to college or university is an exciting time, but it's also an expensive time, and perhaps
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by Toni Doswell
Created on: August 11, 2008
Selling used books helps authors and publishers more than hurting them. What counts most is the exposure
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Created on: March 12, 2008 Last Updated: January 18, 2011
While I can certainly understand the argument that it does limit the actual income for publishers and
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