Reading 3b Homework 3

Dear Andrew,

I read a  article you can find here:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/money/sns-pfinance-deals-finding-bargains,0,1206623.story


Textbooks, finding the bargains
This time of year, there’s always the question of how to afford college textbooks

Summary

Students always need to buy textbooks at the certain time of every year. Some students did not find ways to purchase cheaper textbooks. According to a new federal law,  colleges and universities should give students some concrete information about their textbooks. It can make students buy textbooks easily. The best way for students is that they can look for textbook that they need online. In some websites, there are some free downloadable versions and electronic textbooks. For example,there are TextbookRentals.com  ,Amazon's Kindle, Chegg.com and so on.
Good websites can help students save a lot of money.

Vocabulary

subscription (n)-- an amount of money you pay, to receive regular copies of a newspaper or magazine.

subtract (v)-- to take a number or an amount away from another number or amount.

issue (n)-- an important topic that people are discussing or arguing about.


Interesting sentence
Students have taken on this issue and found ways that don't subtract too much from their wallets.

This sentence means students are in trouble about how to buy cheaper textbooks.

Questions

Why are the textbooks so expensive in America?