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Maybe you decide to brave the endless sourcebook line in the basement of the Science Center only to discover as you reach the bottom of the stairs the little post-it note on the sourcebook board declaring that the class's main required reading is sold...
However, the general upward trend in sourcebook prices appears to continue as publishers' charges rise. "Random House charges up to 10 cents per page per student, and Simpson and Schuster is now near 20 cents," Witt said...
This year, the cost increase is due to a February crackdown on Square businesses who violated copyright laws by neglecting to pay publishers' fees. Copyright fees now comprise more than 50 percent of textbook costs, according to William Witt, copyright officer in Harvard's Office of Sourcebook Publications...
Administrators at the Sourcebook Publishing Office say professors are working to keep prices down. "Their sympathies are with the students," says Jennie Johnstone, production manager of sourcebook publishing. "I know they're aware of the costs, because they often talk to us about dropping articles with large fees...
Steven R. Singer, who teaches a class at the Kennedy School of Government, says he keeps track of publishing costs when designing his sourcebook...