On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 01:14:20 GMT, StoneDog69 <a@b.c> wrote:
>Reading stuff like this gives me unbridled joy.
>
>Too bad this group didn't get a mention :o(
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>The Wall Street Journal
>Aug. 27, 2014 7:29 p.m. ET
>
>A Tough Lesson for College Textbook Publishers
>By JOSH MITCHELL
>
>As More College Students Opt for Used or Free Books, Companies Are
>Forced to Revamp Business Models
>
>After years of nearly unfettered pricing power, the $7 billion college-
>textbook industry is being upended by students like Amanda McQueen.
>
>The 24-year-old George Washington University graduate student rarely
>Amazon, or skips the purchase altogether.
>
>"It's so easy to find somebody posting a scanned copy" on online sites
>like Scribd, an e-book subscription service that allows members to
>upload materials, says Ms. McQueen, a North Carolina native working
>toward a master-of-public-health degree.
The mp3 of the publishing world hah hah hah
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