<p>Nice rant Xiggi but wrong on the facts. The average net after-tax profit margin for textbook publishers is 30%, 25%, 10%, 7.6%??</p>
<p>It’s 7.6%. How does that compare to other businesses? </p>
<p>The average store selling textbooks makes a slim net margin of a few percent.</p>
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<p>While a few textbook authors made big $$$, most do not.</p>