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Katerina,
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<div class="">Price of textbooks is exteremely frustrating. </div>
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<div class="">You might consider using a cheaper textbook. If you’re working in specific disciplines, Oxford has a “Writing in ——: A brief guide” series that retails for ~$20 USD. (Full disclosure: I wrote the Engineering one).
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<div class="">On Apr 9, 2019, at 11:56 AM, Pam Estes Brewer <<a href="mailto:brewer_pe@mercer.edu" class="">brewer_pe@mercer.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">At Mercer we have tried our basic tc courses with and without texts. I have come to the conclusion that a textbook or a robust set of pre-planned readings are important to my class. However, we also
are very cautious about textbook prices and books that come out with "new" editions every one to two years. Generally, we try to select good texts that are priced below $100. I don't use a text book just to use one, but I do prefer resources (text or any
media) that add rich content to a class.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Best,</div>
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<div class=""><font size="2" face="Tahoma" class="">Pam Estes Brewer, Ph.D.</font></div>
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<div class=""><font size="2" face="tahoma" class="">Associate Fellow and Academic SIG Manager, STC</font></div>
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<div class=""><font size="2" face="tahoma" class="">Twitter @brewerpe<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></div>
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on behalf of Hinson, Dr. Katrina <<a href="mailto:KHINSON@tarleton.edu" class="">KHINSON@tarleton.edu</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, April 9, 2019 11:44 AM<br class="">
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<b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[ATTW-L] To Use a Textbook or Not to Use a Textbook. . .</font>
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<div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;">I've been puzzling over this question for a while and thought I'd see what others thought. It's time for book orders to our bookstore ( both for fall and for summer). Each time I have
to place an order for books, I'm always shocked by the price of the text and then knowing the bookstore is going to have its own mark up. In particular, I'm questioning the need for technical writing textbook. I have seriously contemplated not using a textbook
for this particular class because I'm somewhat certain that few students actually use it; some students can't afford it; and, good information is also easily available online. I'm also thinking the only reason I require a textbook is because of a mental mindset
that associates college with textbooks. Anyway, I thought I'd see what others felt about textbooks - to use or not use.
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<div class="">I look forward to hearing your input.</div>
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<div class="">With regard,</div>
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<span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Dr. Katrina Hinson,<br class="">
Ph.D. Rhetoric, Writing and Professional Communication<br class="">
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Tarleton State University<br class="">
“progress not perfection"</span></div>
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