Why do Americans get so cucked on textbook prices? This book

Because the free market fixed it :^)

>>8497014
Copyrights are government mandated monopolies

>>8497007
By that logic, India and China are at the forefront of education.

>>8497018
But they are.

>>8497014
>muh communism

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

>>8497018
Anon, I have some bad news for you...

>>8497007
shit i thought course literature was expensive here but it like tops 50 bux

>>8497018
I get all my books from India.

>>8497007
Because no one actually buys them.

>buying doorstops
>ever

Shiggy. Don't you guys have libraries?

>>8497092
Don't you have a comuter?

>>8497099
I like to work offline, it gets more stuff done.

>>8497049

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

>>8497007
i found that exact book at a thrift store for $3

>>8497007
Library Genesis bruh

>>8497245
What's the pace of the classes like?
Which text are you using?
Do they use hanzi from the start?

>>8497014
Free market would have made the price drop because of competition. Copyright protections and publisher monopoly are what is fucking you over.

>>8497007

> almost 2017
> still buying books

Step it up, son!

>>8497007
Why exactly are you not downloading it?

>>8498064
I prefer reading from paper