Article: Bills seek to alleviate high textbook costs at Cal State-Long Beach

Katie De Boer
University Wire
08-31-2004
(Daily Forty-Niner) (U-WIRE) LONG BEACH, Calif. -- According to a survey done by the California Public Interest Research Group in the January issue of "Rip-Off 101: How the Current Practices of the Textbook Industry Drive Up the Cost of College Textbooks," by Merriah Fairchild, students will spend an average of $900 per year on textbooks.

It seems the prices keep rising and every year a new edition is required for classes. Many of the textbook prices are rising rapidly because publishers seem to be adding new "bells and whistles," including CDs and workbooks, that students rarely use.

Senior Jennifer Hansen said, "Of the four years I have been ...

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