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02/01/2005

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Ripoff 101: 2nd Edition

How the Publishing Industry’s Practices Needlessly Drive Up Textbook Costs, and A National Survey of Textbook Prices

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12/31/2004

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Limited Knowledge

How the High Cost of Academic Journals Limits Public Access to Research

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01/29/2004

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New Report Shows College Textbooks are "Ripoff 101"

University professors and students from around the country came together today to release a new report which finds that textbook publishers engage in a number of market practices that drive up the price of textbooks for students.

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01/01/2004

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Ripoff 101

How the Current Practices of the Textbook Industry Drive Up the Cost of College Textbooks

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