The remarks, which came during a keynote speech at a summit hosted by the All-In Podcast, follow President Donald Trump’s newly released AI Action Plan.
the good ones ensure older verisons are still valid for their course work and only do annual editions because they’re contractually obligated by their publisher.
The cool professors used to make a “study guide” especially if it was their own book that they’d give out for free and told everyone to return the books
It’s been a minute, so not sure if it’s a thing still.
But yeah. Unregulated capitalism pretty much always ends this way.
You have to buy the book, so they pump out new editions constantly and charge insane prices. It’s a captive market
Oh, fuck… I see. My condolences.
And a lot of professors write their own text book.
At least those professors seem to either price their books reasonably or readily pirate it themselves to distribute.
Probably once they realize how little they get compared to the book price.
the good ones ensure older verisons are still valid for their course work and only do annual editions because they’re contractually obligated by their publisher.
The cool professors used to make a “study guide” especially if it was their own book that they’d give out for free and told everyone to return the books
It’s been a minute, so not sure if it’s a thing still.
But yeah. Unregulated capitalism pretty much always ends this way.
You have to buy the book, so they pump out new editions constantly and charge insane prices. It’s a captive market