As parents and students struggle with increasing college costs, one issue receiving considerable attention over the past several years has been the rising price of textbooks. The question of whether a relationship exists between textbook pricing and the overall cost of college has attracted notice from consumer interest groups and, subsequently, the media. This attention, in turn, has resulted in federal and state government studies of issues affecting textbook pricing. These studies have set the stage for legislation (federal and some state) designed to increase transparency and accountability regarding textbook costs on the part of textbook publishers, retailers and institutions. In response to concerns about high textbook prices and a lack of information regarding alternative sources for texts, Congress included groundbreaking new provisions requiring disclosure of textbook information by publishers and institutions in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA). This paper takes a look at these provisions. (Contains 8 resources.)