‘It’s overwhelming’: Textbook prices rise more than 1K percent since 1977

By Lindsey Yates - wishtv.com

Students heading back to college are in for sticker-shock at the bookstore, that’s because textbook prices are soaring.
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Textbook prices have risen 9 percent this year, it’s part of a decades-long trend in which textbook prices have risen more than 1,000 percent since 1977.

“It’s overwhelming and I feel for the students,” said Susan Powers, with Academic Affairs at Indiana State University.