Book buyback blues
Liz Correia
Issue date: 5/1/08 Section: Campus News
"As far as buying books, students will save money, but with the buyback process, the Bookstore tends to offer the best price," says Murphy.
Buyback sales are complicated with packaging add-ons that sold along with the texts. Some books also come along with an online access codes for online quizzes. Because these access codes expire, the books cannot be sold back to the Bookstore.
Federal Legislature as well as Massachusetts Legislature have been discussing how to control packaging add ons , which are controlled by the publishing companies, but not recent action has taken place.
In Oregon, a bill has been proposed that would allow students to buy the bundled materials separate. This would mean that students could choose whether or not they wanted to buy a CD, or other materials to go along with the text.
Such proposals are in effort to control the rising cost of text books, in turn affect the amount of money students can receive during the buyback periods at the end of semesters. Last year the bookstore had approximately $280,000 for buyback payout, compared to this year's $300,000.
Some websites, also buy back used textbooks from students. However, these websites, such as Half.com, and Amazon.com take a 15 percent commission from the sale, in addition to other fees.
"As far as buying books, students will save money, but with the buyback process, the Bookstore tends to offer the best price," says Murphy.
Buyback sales are complicated with packaging add-ons that sold along with the texts. Some books also come along with an online access codes for online quizzes. Because these access codes expire, the books cannot be sold back to the Bookstore.
Federal Legislature as well as Massachusetts Legislature have been discussing how to control packaging add ons , which are controlled by the publishing companies, but not recent action has taken place.
In Oregon, a bill has been proposed that would allow students to buy the bundled materials separate. This would mean that students could choose whether or not they wanted to buy a CD, or other materials to go along with the text.
Such proposals are in effort to control the rising cost of text books, in turn affect the amount of money students can receive during the buyback periods at the end of semesters.
Buyback sales are complicated with packaging add-ons that sold along with the texts. Some books also come along with an online access codes for online quizzes. Because these access codes expire, the books cannot be sold back to the Bookstore.
Federal Legislature as well as Massachusetts Legislature have been discussing how to control packaging add ons , which are controlled by the publishing companies, but not recent action has taken place.
In Oregon, a bill has been proposed that would allow students to buy the bundled materials separate. This would mean that students could choose whether or not they wanted to buy a CD, or other materials to go along with the text.
Such proposals are in effort to control the rising cost of text books, in turn affect the amount of money students can receive during the buyback periods at the end of semesters. Last year the bookstore had approximately $280,000 for buyback payout, compared to this year's $300,000.
Some websites, also buy back used textbooks from students. However, these websites, such as Half.com, and Amazon.com take a 15 percent commission from the sale, in addition to other fees.
"As far as buying books, students will save money, but with the buyback process, the Bookstore tends to offer the best price," says Murphy.
Buyback sales are complicated with packaging add-ons that sold along with the texts. Some books also come along with an online access codes for online quizzes. Because these access codes expire, the books cannot be sold back to the Bookstore.
Federal Legislature as well as Massachusetts Legislature have been discussing how to control packaging add ons , which are controlled by the publishing companies, but not recent action has taken place.
In Oregon, a bill has been proposed that would allow students to buy the bundled materials separate. This would mean that students could choose whether or not they wanted to buy a CD, or other materials to go along with the text.
Such proposals are in effort to control the rising cost of text books, in turn affect the amount of money students can receive during the buyback periods at the end of semesters.
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posted 11/21/08 @ 8:55 AM EST
It's really beneficial for the students. But some important steps should be implemented effectively, for sure. Can u suggest me any other site except Half. (Continued…)
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