On: High prices make textbook ‘piracy’ acceptable to most students

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Publishers have a sales force that courts and encourages (bribes) academics and administrators. They fund conferences and provide jobs (writing textbooks).

It's a patronage network that exploits young people.

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> exploits young people.

And their parents. And the general taxpayer (via student loans).