Why do Americans get so cucked on textbook prices? This book is under a hundred dollars in Europe

Why do Americans get so cucked on textbook prices? This book is under a hundred dollars in Europe.

Because the free market fixed it :^)

Copyrights are government mandated monopolies

By that logic, India and China are at the forefront of education.

But they are.

>muh communism

GET OUT OF MY FUCKING COUNTRY IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE US THEN GO TO CHINA YOU FUCKING KEKOLDS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

user, I have some bad news for you...

shit i thought course literature was expensive here but it like tops 50 bux

I get all my books from India.

Because no one actually buys them.

>buying doorstops
>ever

Shiggy. Don't you guys have libraries?

Don't you have a comuter?

I like to work offline, it gets more stuff done.

I'm taking chinese classes right now, believe me, as soon as possible I will.

i found that exact book at a thrift store for $3

Library Genesis bruh

What's the pace of the classes like?
Which text are you using?
Do they use hanzi from the start?

Free market would have made the price drop because of competition. Copyright protections and publisher monopoly are what is fucking you over.

> almost 2017
> still buying books

Step it up, son!

Why exactly are you not downloading it?

I prefer reading from paper