Bookstores
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munication for Barnes and Noble,
Inc. “Competition allows us to fo
cus on providing a high standard
of customer service.”
A lot is at stake on both sides of
the debate, since book sales have
become a big business in recent
years. Barnes and Noble College
Bookstores, Inc. was named as
one of the nation’s largest compa
nies in one of Forbes’ Private 500
lists at the end of last year. Ac
cording to its Web site, the com
pany made an estimated 1999 rev
enue of $830 million from sales at
the more than 350 college book
stores it operates.
At Mother Kali’s Books in Eu
gene, co-manager Tova said the
store sometimes feels the squeeze
from larger bookstore chains. But
carrying University textbooks
helps bring in new customers,
and the location across from Sa
cred Heart Medical Center keeps
the bookstore visible, Tova said.
In general, the community is
supportive of the local independ
ent bookstores, she said, though
many people don’t realize how
important their business is.
“People need to know that
when you shop at the chains,
you’re putting nails in the coffin
of the independent bookstores,”
Tova said. “Every book people
buy here is really important. ” •
The University Bookstore has
also been feeling pressure from
other book retailers, especially
on-line textbook companies, said
Chris Standish, the bookstore
coursebooks manager.
“We really can’t compete on
price alone,” he said. “We can’t
sell the merchandise for less than
we pay for it. But we do offer dis
counts to faculty, students and
staff, and we feel that’s a'real
strong selling point.”
Standish added that most stu
dents like the convenience of vis
iting the campus bookstore and
don’t have to worry about ship
ping costs or waiting for weeks for
their textbooks.
But John Bates, co-founder and
“chief evangelist” of leading on
line textbook retailer
BigWords.com, said the compa
ny’s profits for the last couple of
terms have been "absolutely
through the roof.”
“We’re sucking up the market
share like crazy,” he said, herald
ing the era of on-line textbook or
dering as opening up the market
for the benefit of the students.
“Far from making a monopoly,
we’re breaking the monopoly,” he
said. “This is an exciting time for
students.”
While the on-line company
may be successful in other areas
around the country, it’s not having
that big of an impact here, Stan
dish said. The University Book
store, however, has started offer
ing a course textbook locator and
an “Early Duck” book ordering
service in recent years, to entice
students who want to use the In
ternet to order books.
And that’s the smartest thing
small independent bookstores
can do to stay competitive, said
Valerie Valente, vice president of
marketing for Textbooks.com.
“The best thing for a local guy
to do is have his own Web site,”
she said. “I think the market is
pulling towards the Internet. The
beautiful thing about it is, any
body can participate in it.”
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vention activity with the goal of
promoting the adoption and main
tenance of HIV risk-reduction be
haviors by clients with identified
risk-reduction needs.
“The very distinguishing fea-.
ture of this program is motivation
al interviewing,” Prevention Case
Manager Marc Miller said. “What
this involves is one-on-one client
assessment of HIV risk behavior,
psychosocial and health service
needs concerning HIV preven
tion.”
Although the program is free, it
is not open to everyone. The client
must have an identifiable high
risk behavior and must be willing
to change.
Lane County is one of three
counties in Oregon that will pilot
this program. Benton County and
Multnomah County are the other
two.
Rebecca Harmon, who helps ad
minister the program at the state
level from Portland, said the Ore
gon Health Division chose to pilot
the program in Lane County be
cause of its mix of urban and rural
populations. She said Lane Coun
ty was also a good test site because
of the high number of HIV-positive
people in the county.
“There are other places around
the country doing HIV prevention
case management but not in this
form,” Harmon said. “This is an
intensive program with multiple
sessions, individually tailored to
the needs of each client.”
Although funding for the pro
gram comes from the Oregon
Health Division, Oregon Health
Sciences University serves as the
parent organization of the pro
gram. The purpose of the program
is to decrease the spread of HIV
and help clients control high-risk
behavior like drug use and multi
ple partners.
“We want to help them enhance
their readiness to make positive
behavioral changes,” Harmon
said. “This program will help our
clients live healthier lives and not
transmit the virus. ”
According to Janet Winters, the
other prevention case manager at
LCPHS, the need for this program
arose from the fact that people
would test negative for HIV and
test positive for HIV only a short
time later. She said this means pa
tients were not getting enough ed
ucation about their risk behaviors
while testing.
“This program provides more
quality of time and more quantity
of time for people to look at their
risk behaviors,” Winters said.
“We’re aiming at people with
high-risk behaviors so that their
tests will stay negative.”
Calendar
Thursday, Feb. 10
“Medieval Scribal Psychology:
Clues from Medieval Gospei Manu
scripts,” A presentation by Dr.
Sergejus Temcinnas from the Uni
versity of Vilnius in Lithuania will
be held at 4 p.m. in the Oregon
Humanities Seminar Room, 154
PLC
Human Resources Mini-Seminars.
No preregistration needed. 10
a.m.-2 p.m. Rogue Room (semi
nars) and Century Rooms B-E (indi
vidual meetings), EMU. For infor
mation, call Miki Powers,
346-2950.
Craft Center Lonely Pot Sale: Fea
tu res the work of Jason Solomon
and Joe Davis. 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Craft Center, EMU. Free, For infor
mation, call 346-4361.
Documentary Film Premiere:
View "Roll On, Columbia: Woody
Guthrie and the Bonneville Power
Administration,” co-directed and
produced by Michael Majdic,
Knight library Media Services, and
Denise Matthews, journalism and
Communication. 7 p.m. Browsing
Room, Knight Library. Free. For in
formation, call 346-3091.
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