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Government Accountability Office (GAO). 2005. College Textbooks Enhanced Offerings Appear to Drive Recent Price
Increases. GAO-05-806. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05806.pdf.
2 "New Laws, Free Books and Textbook Rentals Could Help Curb Rising Costs." The Student PIRGs. August 26, 2010.
3 The Student PIRGs. January 2004. Ripoff 101: How The Publishing Industry's Practices Needlessly Drive Up Textbook Costs.
For all research by the Student PIRGs, see http://www.studentpirgs.org/textbooks/reports.
4 The Student PIRGs. February 2005. Ripoff 101: How The Current Practices Of The Textbook Industry Drive Up The Cost Of
College Textbooks.
5 The Student PIRGs. August 2008. Course Correction: How Digital Textbooks Are Off Track And How To Set Them Straight.
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http://www.studentpirgs.org/textbooks/reports
7 CourseSmart has not, however, released official sales data.
8 Xplana. April 2010. Digital Textbook Sales in U.S. Higher Education — A Five-Year Projection. http://blog.xplana.com/reports/
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