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[DanBC]

Small print runs and changing content each year.

Textbooks also have better quality paper than pulp best sellers.

[mattdeboard → DanBC]

Then where are the lower cost competitors selling on lower-quality paper, competing on cost? Still, the question remains unanswered.

The real answer is there are no market forces lowering the costs of textbooks.