As used in ORS § 337.500 to 337.506:

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(1) ‘Adopter’ means any faculty member or academic department or other adopting entity at a higher education institution responsible for considering and choosing course materials to be utilized in connection with accredited courses taught at the institution.

(2) ‘Higher education institution’ means:

(a) A community college, as defined in ORS § 341.005;

(b) A public university listed in ORS § 352.002;

(c) The Oregon Health and Science University;

(d) A private institution of higher education located in Oregon; and

(e) A bookstore that serves as the primary bookstore for an entity listed in paragraphs (a) to (d) of this subsection.

(3) ‘Special edition’ means a bound book that does not constitute a traditional textbook and that may or may not be used for instructional purposes.

(4)(a) ‘Textbook bundle’ means a textbook packaged together with other supplemental course materials, including but not limited to workbooks, study guides, online technologies, online course resources, CD-ROMs or other books, to be sold as course material for one price.

(b) ‘Textbook bundle’ does not include a textbook that is unusable without the supplemental course materials, materials that cannot be sold separately due to third-party contractual agreements, custom editions or special editions. [2007 c.582 § 1; 2011 c.637 § 115]