The New York Times just ran an inter\u00adest\u00ading arti\u00adcle about how the same text\u00adbooks you\u2019re using at Stan\u00adford sell for half as much over\u00adseas. As a result, some stu\u00addents have start\u00aded order\u00ading their text\u00adbooks from Eng\u00adland (or even Sin\u00adga\u00adpore) and hav\u00ading them shipped here.<\/p>\n
Many stu\u00addents, indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly, have begun to com\u00adpare the text\u00adbook prices post\u00aded on Amer\u00adi\u00adcan sites like Amazon.com, with the low\u00ader prices for the same books on for\u00adeign sites like Amazon.co.uk. <\/i><\/p>\n
The dif\u00adfer\u00adences are often sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant: \u201cLehninger Prin\u00adci\u00adples of Bio\u00adchem\u00adistry, Third Edi\u00adtion,\u201d for exam\u00adple, lists for $146.15 on the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Ama\u00adzon site, but can be had for $63.48, plus $8.05 ship\u00adping, from the British one. And \u201cLin\u00adear Sys\u00adtem The\u00ado\u00adry and Design, Third Edi\u00adtion\u201d is $110 in the Unit\u00aded States, but $41.76, or $49.81 with ship\u00adping, in Britain.<\/p>\n
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