Great idea since these textbook prices are meaningless and just enrich the authors, publishers, and vendors. Often the author is just the professor who releases a new edition each year so that the old books won't do for this semester's class. At least in pharmaceuticals one could argue that a high price might in certain instances be warranted to help the company pay back the millions that went into researching the drug and getting it through trials.

Great idea since these textbook prices are meaningless and just enrich the authors, publishers, and vendors. Often the author is just the professor who releases a new edition each year so that the old books won't due for this semester's class. At least in pharmaceuticals one could argue that a high price might in certain instances be warranted to help the company pay back the millions that went into researching the drug and getting it through trials.