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Precalculus is free to students while meeting the high-quality bar required of a college textbook. We could have published through a traditional publisher, making shareholders of the publisher some sweet money. Instead, we decided to go the open-source route, because we understand that expensive textbooks are a barrier to education and social mobility.

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Every student can access the textbook, even before the course starts, for free.
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Teachers: register at openintro.org/register to get access to teacher-only content, including the option to get a free desk copy (US-based only).

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