<p>“Are free textbooks the future?”</p>
<p>No. Textbook prices is an ongoing scam that should shame all of academia. </p>
<p>Too much money is made by publishers, schools and even non-author professors (read: non-direct kick backs), who require a specific “up-to -date” text. The “up-to-date” part is key to the scam. Semi-annual minor changes to the text always make the previous version not acceptable. </p>
<p>And trying to suggest electronic texts will always get you ignored.</p>