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»i' i an It) keep tile prii es low
er '’ \\ illi.mis said
The t heapest hooks around
liy disi minting hooks in
t reasing the number ol avail
able used books and ottering
the Guaranteed Hook Program
students are able to get books at
a i ho.ipei prit e than the\ might
find at other t anipuses
Currents we sell books .it
an It pen ent (list mint. and
last gear that totaled
Stilt.Otto." said Chris Stan
dish, textbook manager at the
t 'Diversity Bookstore
()t J.tt(lt) bookstores m the
country, less than at) give ills
counts to students
Iteiause the Bookstore is not
owned In the limersily. there
is a little more flexibility w hu b
enables them to provide sui h a
substantial discount. Williams
said
"We are solid financiallv and
tisi allv responsible and we i an
offer a good discount.' Wil
liams said "But many people
do not really have .1 perspec live
ol how signilii ant that is
"It's .1 fact. books are expen
sive.” Stand ish said "But
main people still think we
gouge them, but this isn't true
"We don't mark up the book
before the discount It is based
on the initial price ot the
book.'’ he said
By increasing the number of
used books available, the Hook
store allow s students to get the
books they need at a substan
tially lower price. Standish
HuvinK bar k is a service
Hook buv-backs .il tin- end ut
till' term is uni' wav lilt' Hunk
store nets used books that fu
tore students need lh.it also
gives students monev ba< k for
books they no longei i an use.
Standish said
"You have a book we have a
need We don't make a profit
but vv e otlei a ser\ lie." V\ 11
liams said 'IH ext hanging
vimr book foi monev we tan
have more used hooks available
to students
There is a higher margin ol
profit through used books and
students < an gel.the hooks thev
need tin less monev Standish
said "The monev we make
goes hat k to btiv other hooks
that will serve other student
needs he said
In the hist 711 years, the Hook
_
I'hutn
Honk buy-bai ks are an im/iorlanl sen he ottered In the I m
xersils Hookstore hut Ihr used bunk market also times i//>
the i nst nl new tests
sidle h.ls been rei ogtli/.ed ,|s
one ol the most progressive
stores in the i minlr\ whit li is
highlighted l)\ till' student
bd.tnl ill ilirei tins Williams
s.llll
Hn* unique strut tine nl the
sliident bo.ml nl directors Ini
the lintikstiire .issures stutieiil
protection .uni helps the slnre
see .itwl respond III the sin
dents needs Williams s.inl
The stutieiil iliret tors are nun
pelled anil obligated In protei t
the students, and thev are vur\
sincere and serious abotil th.it
rosponsihililv . he added
Another problem the linuk
store has to t ope vv ith is a bunk
shortage Sometimes professors
do not order enough, the bonks
don't come in time nr more stn
dents than antic ipated register
for a class, making the availa
bilitv ol bonks scarce
The Guaranteed Monk I’ro
gram states that it the instruc tin
orders the hooks m time the
bookstore will be responsible
lor getting the books or making
photocopies ol the material
available at no expense to the
student Ibis service also in
creases the llovv ol used books
at the end ol the term and the
bus hack c vc le continues. Stan
dish said
The I niversitv bookstore is a
non profit organization do
signed to serve the students
and the monel earned goes
bai k into overhead and product
bus ing. W dlianis said
' We're all one store and
He ic in it ail logoi her 1 In
greeting cards and other do
pertinents help to subsidize the
textbooks allowing ns to be
more ol a serv ice to students
Williams said
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