Cost of college textbooks

Sounds good to me ....

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio college students continue to turn to the Internet to buy used, discounted textbooks, sometimes saving hundreds of dollars they otherwise would have spent on new books — a trend that also reflects the buying habits of students elsewhere in the country.

... About one-third of those who bought purchased books online in 2005, the most recent year in which figures were available, bought the books from their college bookstores and paid bookstore prices. But Web sites such as Amazon.com and Half.com are drawing more students with prices as much as half off of bookstore tags. ...

About a month ago, I walked one of my teens through a college book store. When he saw the price of one textbook, his eyes got really big. He's getting a better education on the true cost of education, especially as he learns more about how much it will really cost him.