I made some remarks, of course, about needing the textbook to pass the class, and they told me that they couldn’t afford it. They needed to spend the money on food, and they would borrow the textbook later from a friend,” he said. “So I decided that one small way that I can help reduce the cost of education without political lobbying work is to write my own textbook, and they wouldn’t have to pay for it.

Professors Put Textbooks Online to Reduce Costs - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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