XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: justinthenumbersguy@hatespam.edu   
      
   On Tue, 14 May 2013 20:02:12 -0700, Snit wrote:   
      
   > On 5/14/13 7:54 PM, in article slrnkp5udo.2dh.g.kreme@mgb.local, "Lewis"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In message    
   >>   Snit  wrote:   
   >>> On 5/14/13 5:15 PM, in article slrnkp5l50.8dr.g.kreme@mbp55.local,   
   >>> "Lewis"   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> In message <6mslf8lov53l$.r1sj4coksp1p.dlg@40tude.net>   
   >>>>   flatfish+++  wrote:   
   >>>>> On Tue, 14 May 2013 23:24:31 +0000 (UTC), Justin wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> Boy, did I have a busy semester!  Once again I helped four classes   
   >>>>>> get their  books for free with NON-DRM PDFs.  Each class had about   
   >>>>>> 15 students,   
   >>>>>> undergrads and graduate.   
   >>>>>> Here's a rundown of how much money I saved each class for this   
   >>>>>> year:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Typical starry eyed, thieving FOSSie...   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> What is it with Linux users and FOSSies believing that just because   
   >>>>> they can steal something from an "evil" corporation that makes it   
   >>>>> alright?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Normally I'd agree with you, but textbook publishers are scum who   
   >>>> rape their 'customers' who have no choice in what to buy, and then   
   >>>> kickback to the teachers. It is a classic example of collusion.   
   >>   
   >>> A kickback to the teachers?   
   >>   
   >>> How?   
   >>   
   >>> I teach at multiple educational institutions and have never been   
   >>> offered a kickback. How do I get in on this scam?   
   >>   
   >> Write your own textbook and then negotiate your cut with the publisher.   
   >   
   > I make my own materials then sell them direct. Then again, they are not   
   > used nationally. But if they were I could see having a publisher get a   
   > cut. The the bookstores would. By the time it was all done it would be   
   > 4x the cost (just pulling a number out of some orifice there).   
      
   You can't.  Unless you are one of the select few publishers, you won't   
   make it into that market.  not by a longshot.  This is a similar   
   environment to the US automotive industry back in the 40's up until early   
   70's.  Remember Tucker?  Of course you don't.  He made a nice safe car at   
   a reasonable price.  Ford, Chrysler, GM (Hudson?) ganged up, sued the shit   
   out of him and he was gone.  Then the big 3/4 went back to collusion,   
   price fixing and generally making shitty products until the oil crisis.   
   Most college bookstores are run by... dun dun dun....  publishers!   
      
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