H.B. 147 - College Textbook Affordability Act

• Publishers must respond timely to adopter requests for product lists, new textbook prices, previous edition copyright dates, and substantive content differences between editions (effective January 1, 2012).

• Publishers must print on new textbook editions a summary of substantive content differences from the previous edition and the prior edition's copyright date, and must mark instructor copies as "not for resale."

• Faculty and adopters are prohibited from demanding or receiving gifts, equipment, payments, or other compensation in exchange for adopting specific course materials, with exceptions for complimentary copies, royalties from their own work, peer review honoraria, and training.

• Publishers and campus bookstores are prohibited from soliciting faculty to sell instructor copies or complimentary teacher editions provided at no charge, and campus bookstores cannot trade in instructor-marked materials.

• Campus bookstores at public institutions must disclose their retail pricing policies on new and used textbooks in-store or online; self-published instructor materials are exempt if disclosed to the employing institution.