Kindle earns D for textbook use

[xiggi]

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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.

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<p>Thank you Barrons for such authoritative source. The next time ones needs trustworthy data on industry ROI and sales, I’ll make sure to point them towards their friendly bookstore operators at their local community college!</p>

<p>What a joke that FAQ page is!</p>