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Textbook price rise slows

The average price of academic textbooks in the UK rose just 0.7% last year, far below the increase in the retail price index (4.3%).

Textbooks in 2007 cost an average £46.39, according to a report by the Library and Information Statistics Unit at Loughborough University.

The PA's Graham Taylor said the report showed that academic publishers can no longer be accused of over-inflationary price increases: "These figures demonstrate a tighter market with more price sensitivity."

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