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The Voice: Students should stop complaining,
look for other places to sell books
by The
Voice
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As the
fall semester comes to a close, it’s time to get rid of unwanted
textbooks in an attempt to get some quick cash for
them.
Students pay a lot for textbooks, and every semester
students complain about getting pennies on the dollar.
Then,
next semester the bookstore sells the used books for more than what
students receive for them.
Is it fair? Not at
all.
Booksoncampus.com is one of many sites trying to cut out
the bookstore in order to give students the best value possible for
the textbooks they purchase.
That’s great, but to be honest
it is just one of many. A Google search for textbook buy-backs comes
up with many different Web sites, including textbookrecycling.com
and bigwords.com.
In fact, the Student Government
Association tried to start a similar system called Pirate
Swap.
Have you heard about Pirate Swap lately? Neither has
The Setonian.
This isn’t SGA’s fault; it is the fault of
students at Seton Hall.
There are many other options to sell
back books and make more money than going to the bookstore, but
until students come together and refuse to sell back to the
bookstore, then there will be no change.
According to
information published by Barnes & Noble, approximately 9 percent
of textbook revenue goes from the bookstore to the college.
If that textbook revenue was to plummet due to a majority of
students taking action and using other ways to get more money for
their books, the bookstore may have to give back more money for book
buy-backs.
That won’t happen until students make a concerted
decision to make a stand; it is the only way to attempt to bring
about change.
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