Fauber's Radiographic Imaging and Exposure 7th Edition Review, Price (Print)

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If you only need the buying answer, this is another strong print-ownership case. The current Merybook paperback is only slightly above semester rental, clearly below the sampled Amazon and eCampus ownership market, and far below Kindle pricing, so print is the more durable value route for radiography students.

Current price comparison

Format / Seller	Price	Link
Print from Merybook	$56.66	Check price
Amazon paperback	$81.45	Check price
Amazon used	$59.00	Check price
Amazon Kindle	$80.99	Check price
eCampus new print	$101.88	Check price
eCampus semester rental	$54.85	Check price

The numbers here do not support a “go digital to save money” argument. Kindle is much higher than the current print listing, and the gap between semester rental and the current Merybook paperback is very small. That makes ownership easy to justify for any student who expects to revisit imaging principles after the first course window.

What this book actually teaches

Fauber’s Radiographic Imaging and Exposure is useful because radiography students need more than definitions. They need to understand exposure choices, image quality, digital acquisition, critique logic, and why technique decisions change outcomes. That kind of learning only becomes solid through repeated comparison between examples, principles, and practice.

That is why a radiography text often becomes more useful in labs and clinicals than it seemed during the first reading. Students keep returning to positioning logic, exposure factors, and image analysis once their work becomes less theoretical. A printed copy supports that pattern especially well.

Who should buy print and who should not

Buy print if you are in radiography and expect to reuse imaging principles during labs, clinical placements, or exam review. At the current prices, print is the stronger long-term value.

Choose rental only if you know you will not need the book beyond one course and want the absolute lowest immediate cost. Even then, the savings over the current Merybook print copy are very small.