http://calpirg.org/CA.asp?id2=11987&id3

This website gives great information on about the issue of college textbooks.

Related Links

Websites to explore further on this issue:

http://www.campusbooks.com/help/textbook_prices_2.php

This website gives information as to why books are so expensive.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/consumerawareness/a/gaobookcosts.htm?terms=college+loan+rates

This site tells what the federal government is trying to do to combat the rise in prices.

http://cpr.ca.gov/report/cprrpt/issrec/etv/etv17.htm

This site explains how to reduce the price of college textbooks

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpictb.htm

This site shows how the change in price for textbooks has impacted the economy.

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpictb.htm

This is another site documenting the rise in college textbooks.

You can contact me with ideas at this address: rrilling@kent.edu