As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
- 1. "Bundled" means a textbook and any other learning material, including, but not limited to, workbooks, online technologies, dictionaries, CD-ROMS, or books, packaged together to be sold for one price.
- 2. "Institution of higher education" means any institution of higher education, recognized and approved by the regents of the university of the state of New York, which provides a course of study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree or diploma.
- 3. "Publisher" means any publishing house, publishing firm, or publishing company that publishes textbooks and supplemental materials.
- 4. "Textbook" means any textbook that is adopted for a course, as determined by the faculty member or members or entity charged with choosing that textbook.
- 5. "Supplemental materials" means materials that supplement the primary textbook or textbooks that come in the form of another book, online technologies, a workbook, CD-ROM, or any other format, and that can be used by a faculty member or a student during the teaching of a course.
- 6. "Adopter" means any faculty member or academic department at institutions of higher learning responsible for considering and choosing textbooks and/or supplemental materials to be utilized in connection with the accredited courses taught at institutions of higher education.