In the academic world, professors and faculty often meet with representatives of textbook publishers. These book reps like to stop by, or send an email, every so often to ask what my colleagues and I ...

President Joe Biden's crusade against so-called "junk fees" is on its way to college campuses, and some of the pushback is fierce. Some university leaders say a planned change to an Obama-era ...

Despite growing online markets for discounted books, the average cost of college textbooks has risen four times faster than the rate of inflation over the past 10 years. That has caused 65 percent of ...

Everybody wants cheap college textbooks. And it's no wonder since the typical college student spends roughly $1,000 a year on textbooks. If you have to buy any of America's most expensive textbooks, ...

A new antitrust class action lawsuit alleges that textbook publishers and on-campus college chain bookstores conspired to monopolize the textbook market, forcing students to pay higher-than-market ...

Textbook prices may rise by up to 50% as publishers warn that increased NOC and license renewal fees will push costs onto ...

Industry sources estimate that prices could increase by 40 to 50 percent if the revised fees remain in place. Publishers have ...

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Japan is joining the shift to electronic textbooks, approving digital technology-based materials as official school textbooks, which until now have been limited to print publications. The policy ...