College textbook prices up 186% since 1986; enter revolution

The U.S. Department of Education released a study that states since 1986, textbook prices have risen almost 186 percent, or 6 percent a year. This is four times the amount of inflation. With college bookstores not doing much to fix problems, entrepreneurs and Web 2.0 companies are trying to revolutionize the textbook industry with easy solutions.

I always liked how various editions of, say, an Ancient Rome textbook came out every year. Really? That much has changed in ANCIENT FUCKING ROME in 2007 that required a new edition?? One would think, you know, being ANCIENT FUCKING ROME, shit would stay pretty much the same.

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