In case you missed it today, Aspen Publishers, a major provider of law school texts, decided to take charge of their market space after the Supreme Court decision Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley limited textbook publishers rights to restrict re-sale. Aspen decided to rent textbooks, with the idea that students would return them for destruction, so that Aspen could print and rent a new set of books. After a petition and online shaming, Aspen has relented and re-opened the purchase option. laboratorium.net/archive/2014/05/06/aspen_doesnt_want_you_to_own_your_own_casebooks abovethelaw/2014/05/casebook-publisher-has-aggressive-new-plan-to-rip-off-law-students/ Although many of my fellow classmates and our students retain textbooks after the class, how often do we actually refer back to them? posted by - Matt Bycer
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 19:51:18 +0000
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