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Today’s modern textbooks are not just textbooks anymore; they are complete learning systems that improve students’ success.
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Publishers serve the needs of faculty and students. The changing needs of instructors and the savvy choices of students are driving the development of new textbooks and learning tools.
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Students have options: Today, publishers offer more choices for lower-costs texts, more personalized learning tools, and a range of supplemental materials.
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Instructors have options: Instructors have the academic freedom to select the texts and tools they believe best serve their instructional needs and their student’s individual learning styles.
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The market (instructors and students), not publishers, determine when new textbook editions and formats are necessary and best meet their demands.
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At a total of $650 per year, the average student spending on college textbooks has remained steady for the past few years.
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Textbooks make up less than 5 percent of all direct higher education expenses. Even though education costs such as tuition, room and board, and student fees are subsidized, they have increased faster than the cost of textbooks.
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College students spend more on electronics, cell phones, dorm room decorations, clothes and accessories, and their cars than they do on textbooks.
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