2018 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 1 - General Provisions
Article 15-C - Textbook Access Act
720 - Definitions.

§ 720. Definitions. 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.