Source:
https://scmp.com/article/1000744/textbook-prices-despite-pressure

Textbook prices up despite pressure

The government's push for publishers to unbundle the sale of school textbooks and teaching materials was criticised as a failure yesterday as a newly released price list showed the cost of some books affected had risen anyway.

The government's long-standing tussle with publishers to end the practice of giving teaching aids free to schools but adding their cost to the price of textbooks is aimed at reducing the price of books. Publishers are to unbundle textbooks from other materials in phases.