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66407
. (a) (1) The publisher of a textbook, or an agent or employee
of the publisher, shall provide a prospective purchaser of the
textbook with all of the following:
(A) A list of all the products offered for sale by the publisher
germane to the prospective purchaser's subject area of interest.
(B) For a product listed pursuant to subparagraph (A), the
wholesale or retail price of the product, and the estimated length of
time the publisher intends to keep the product on the market.
(C) For each new edition of a product listed pursuant to
subparagraph (A), a list of the substantial content differences or
changes between the new edition and the previous edition of the
textbook.
(2) The publisher shall make the lists required by paragraph (1)
available to a prospective purchaser at the commencement of a sales
interaction, including, but not necessarily limited to, a sales
interaction conducted in person, by telephone, or electronically. The
publisher shall also post in a prominent position on its Internet
Web site the lists required by paragraph (1).
(b) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Product" means each version, including, but not necessarily
limited to, a version in a digital format, of a textbook, or set of
textbooks, in a particular subject area, including, but not
necessarily limited to, a supplemental item, whether or not the
supplemental item is sold separately or together with a textbook.
(2) "Publisher" has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (b)
of Section 66406.7.
(3) "Purchaser" means a faculty member of a public or private
postsecondary educational institution who selects the textbooks
assigned to students.
(4) "Textbook" has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (b)
of Section 66406.7.