Which is putting a serious strain on students wallets. But how did the college textbook publishing industry become so pricey? Almost 80% of the textbook industry is dominated by five major publishers.

It breaks my heart when the costs of college-level textbooks are labeled as “junk fees.” Or, when people complain that today’s textbooks are “overstuffed, chopped-up monstrosities” that ...

Which is putting a serious strain on students wallets. But how did the college textbook publishing industry become so pricey? Almost 80% of the textbook industry is dominated by five major publishers.

Several factors contribute to textbooks being so pricey, including that there is little competition in the industry: Just a few publishers have control of about 80% of college textbooks. To prevent ...

Unlike other components of Biden’s campaign to reduce the financial burden of higher education, the debate over how to fairly set costs for college course materials, including textbooks ...