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#50   10-14-2007 05:00 GMT      
....our school text books. It seems like they are charging more for the textbooks these days, and they are cheaply printed. It also seems when you go through them, like they were quickly put together, half ass like just to get the books finished. Then when you go to return them, they say the book is obsolete and they are going to a new version. Then they change 5 words, just so you have to buy another brand new book, not a cheaper used one.

It seems as though they are just knocking the books out, without to much concern about the quality. The smaller publishing companies could care less about their reputations, because they don't have one. All they want is the quick money turn over.
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