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Richer student reveals book-buying tricks
Like frisbees, faded jeans and father's
car, textbooks are an essential part of a
student’s commodity list, especially if you
plan on going to classes after enrollment.
By CARL STEWARD
Of the Emerald
Now if you become the typical student,
you will have approximately $8.36 after pay
ing fees, buying your student athletic pass
and new togs that look like last year's
hand-me-downs.
Textbook buying, like a good back swing,
is truly an art. There are many students who
still buy all-new textbooks at exorbitant
prices and end up having nothing left over
tor suds across the street.
There are many alternatives by which the
smart shopper can adjust his textbook
budget and still have cash on hand by the
time the first class rolls around. That is,
unless you’re a law student.
Undoubtedly, the first and last stops on
the book buy for many students will be the
University Bookstore, Inc., located conve
niently on the corner of 13th and Kincaid —
even more conveniently, across the street
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from Taylor’s. The co-op has just about
every text and paperback required by an
instructor, and then some. Also available
are school supplies, extraneous reading
material, games, records, magazines,
newspapers, clothing and all kinds of other
goodies to decorate your 9x9 dorm room or
apartment.
A good tip on going to the co-op is get
there early. Check the textbook instructor
list on the shelves before registration and
make sure the instructor is going to use
those books. This lessens the possibility of
having to stand in line for an hour at the
checkstand and also assures you that you'll
have the book before they run out. Inevita
bly, an instructor will not order enough
books for the entire class.
The co-op offers a 10 per cent discount
on all texts and buys back used texts in
good condition, if they will be used again in
another class or another section of the
same class, at half the original cost. Foreign
language books must be dean. The book
store will not buy back sprrals, temporary
bindings, programmed texts or reprints.
If you’re not sure about a particular dass,
the bookstore recommends that you go to
the dass before buying your books. The
store only accepts refunds if you drop the
class and the book is in new condition and
presented within three weeks after registra
tion with two pieces of valid identification
Also provided are bulletin boards for sel
ling used texts and for community events
The store occasionally has sales on old and
used books by the pound.
Two other stores offer books for the
economist The Id, located at 1350 Alder,
offers a fine array of used texts and paper
backs that you might not find at the co-op.
The Id also carries a good selection of re
cords and paraphernalia.
A new alternative for students is the
Smith Family Bookstore, also located on
Alder St. next to Duffy s This store has a
good variety of used books, texts and mat
erials which are very cheap. This store is
strongly recommended for literature and
social science students who must read trad
itional and classical books that never get
outdated.
If all alse fails, many instructors put books
on reserve at the library in the reserve
books room—or at least, they should. This
makes books available to students without
having to buy them.
The reserve book room has most books
on two-hour loan, and some will be allowed
for overnight or for two days. It is a good
idea to have the texts by finals week, due to
heavy demand for material during that time
Many students sell their used texts for
better bargains than most of the stores
There are various bulletin boards for stu
dents wishing to sell used books, most con
veniently at the co-op, and more likely at the
various department buildings. Check with
the instructor and see if he knows of any
former students that would be willing to sell
a used text.
It is easy to see the various ways to have
access to proper study material without
having to miss a car payment, or the newest
Climax Sisters album.
A true artist can get by for under $20, and
some can get by under $10. Then again, if
your father is Nelson Rockefeller you only
have to make one stop. Better yet, you can
buy your degree and forget about all this
toolishness.
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