On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 01:52:52 -0500, Bill wrote:

Emanuel Berg wrote:
Leon wrote:

Yeah, many/most books can be less expensive than a tool

Maybe they can be but with the exception of power tools they
aren't, and certainly not if we talk university textbooks...

Of course, as you may know, university textbooks fall into a "rigged"
(monopolistic) framework. I think that the Internet is countering that
a bit for folks who like e-books.

I don't know how it is now but at one time people were re importing
textbooks because they were being sold for a fraction of what they
cost here.