Why else would they cost so much?

I’m not really one to talk, as I have been fortunate enough (so far) to not have been assigned many texts that fall in the price range between “arm and leg” and “ludicrous”. Take careful notice of my use of the word ‘many’ in that statement. I was recently reviewing my booklist and checking prices to find that, when purchased from the campus bookstore, a single textbook would cost me upwards of one hundred dollars. One book. For one class. Dear God.

Why are they so expensive? Seriously, I want to know. How on earth are such prices justifiable?

I really have to laugh at the businessmen in the news, being arrested and imprisoned for big elaborate Ponzi schemes and other such cons. They go through all this trouble to make money and are eventually thrown in prison for it, when they could have just published textbooks for a living.

Heh. Suckers.

However, you’d think that digital copies would be cheaper, assuming that the fancy-schmancy paper theory is correct, but no dice. Knowledge is power, and power costs have been rising.

I really hope that this university education helps me get a good job. I’m going to need one to pay for the university.