Comments on: TextBook Torrents closes down http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/10/10/textbook-torrents-closes-down/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:59:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: abubakrs http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/10/10/textbook-torrents-closes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-926791 abubakrs Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:46:48 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=12386#comment-926791 looks like binklespup started something new. www.campusbookstoretorrents.co.cc looks like binklespup started something new.
http://www.campusbookstoretorrents.co.cc

]]> By: HeavyG http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/10/10/textbook-torrents-closes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-926388 HeavyG Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:28:02 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=12386#comment-926388 <i>"I can live without a textbook much more than I could music or film."</i> Not if your professor requires you to buy said textbook(s). And an average textbook costs a helluva lot more than your average CD or DVD. Textbook publishing is a racket. We all know it. Finally, there is a growing movement to actually do something to try and upset the status quo. Godspeed. “I can live without a textbook much more than I could music or film.”

Not if your professor requires you to buy said textbook(s). And an average textbook costs a helluva lot more than your average CD or DVD.

Textbook publishing is a racket. We all know it. Finally, there is a growing movement to actually do something to try and upset the status quo. Godspeed.

]]> By: Robin http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/10/10/textbook-torrents-closes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-926330 Robin Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:29:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=12386#comment-926330 Flatworld seems to be giving it a serious go. No proof yet the model will work, but at least they are trying. Flatworld seems to be giving it a serious go. No proof yet the model will work, but at least they are trying.

]]> By: Brian Carnell http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/10/10/textbook-torrents-closes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-926311 Brian Carnell Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:42:26 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=12386#comment-926311 The comment from TF was a pretty pathetic example of special pleading. Most textbooks suck...I can live without a textbook much more than I could music or film. Also, I would love to see the model whereby textbook publishers make money off of something other than textbook sales...what are they supposed to do, sell t-shirts? The comment from TF was a pretty pathetic example of special pleading. Most textbooks suck…I can live without a textbook much more than I could music or film.

Also, I would love to see the model whereby textbook publishers make money off of something other than textbook sales…what are they supposed to do, sell t-shirts?

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