from Hacker News

When the Kindle price is higher than the physical book

by elashri on 8/25/25, 1:49 PM with 1 comments

• by mikece on 8/25/25, 2:16 PM

  "...finding that half of these physics textbooks have Kindle editions priced higher than their hardcover counterparts is a word against everything we were promised about the affordability and accessibility of digital books."

  Textbook publishers certainly never made this promise! Why textbooks cost as much as they do -- and how colleges get away with mandating buying new editions when virtually nothing changes (in order to deter buying/selling used books) could be a contentious debate by itself...