I was reading a comment on a blog the other day where this girl was talking about how her dad lost his job just before she was to start college. So they asked the college for some financial aid and the amount came to $250. With this whopping sum she was able to buy one text book.

It's a shame that these books have to be so expensive. I wonder why this has to be the case. Maybe it's because there are relatively few of them printed so they need to be expensive. There's also the cost in terms of the author doing a lot of research or they are sharing their expertise.

It would be great if we could just access all these books on the internet but then I guess these book publishers aren't a charity and they aren't creating books out of the goodness of their heart.
Keywords: college, job, expensive, text books