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Originally Posted by ghoti
BTW, the only people getting rich from those books are the publishers.
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Perhaps there's some sort of conspiracy with the "international editions - not for sale in outside of (insert some country not in North/South America or Europe)" that seem to make it here anyway.
What I mean is that with these publishers, the professors make even less. I believe that some professors have given up on the publishing game. I had a professor who authored some well-reviewed texts (Sergio Franco, Electrical Engineering - you can see reviews on Amazon) but lately he has been distributing class materials loose leaf at a nominal charge, distributed by the local IEEE (student affiliate of a professional organization). There is a small profit for the organization, but the cost is still 1/4 or less of an equivalent textbook.