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A few weeks ago I put in book orders for my Spring semester classes at Oberlin College. Before I did so, I checked to see how much they cost. This is a new habit of mine, ever since I published a paperback textbook for Composition courses. When my book was first published, it cost $40. That seemed high, but fairly average for textbook prices. But when I checked its Amazon sales rank a few months ago (662,300!), I saw the price has risen to $70. There is a bit of voodoo economics in increasing the cost of a book as it gets older….
…..Despite these drawbacks, I give the program a tentative two thumbs up. I am not the market audience for this service, though. Students and recent grads are—what do you think?
