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Fedor said. "That's like two weeks
worth of pay."
The bookstore gives students un
til Oct. 12 to return their textbooks
for a full refund, provided they keep
the receipt.
Fedor's most damaging purchase
was an $ 198 Organic Chemistry text
book bundle for Professor John
Keana's chemistry 331 class.
"It's just stupidly expensive," Keana
said. "It's just incredible."
In an attempt to soften the impact
on students' pocJcetbooks, Keana al
lows students to use the third edition
of the textbook instead of the new
fourth edition.
"It's a dang sight cheaper,"
Keana said.
Keana also placed a textbook on re
serve at the University Science Library.
"I'm doing everything I can to save
(students) some money," he said.
For students who must own their
own textbooks, buying used books
can be an easy way to save money.
The University Bookstore sells used
books at a 25 percent discount off
of new book prices, said Chris Stan
dish, University Bookstore book di
vision manager.
"Students ask for used textbooks,"
Standish said. "They have an expecta
tion that we will carry them."
Shopping online can also yield
significant savings. The University
Bookstore sells "Crescendo!," a sec
ond-year Italian textbook, for
$66.85 new and $50.15 used. Ac
cording to the price comparison
Web site www.addall.com,
"Crescendo!" can be purchased for
$46.30 used, including shipping,
from the Pickabook UK Web site.
The $3.85 a student would save
from buying online is somewhat off
set by the seven- to 14-day wait for
shipping, however.
When selling books back at the
end of the term, students have a few
choices. The Web site
TextbookX.com, which allows stu
dents to buy and sell books directly
with other students, claims to offer
higher buyback prices than most col
lege bookstores. Both the University
Bookstore and Smith Family Book
store will buy back books, provided
they need them.
Due to a low supply of used text
books, fall term tends to be the most
expensive term, according to Eliza
beth Bickford, director of Student Fi
nancial Aid.
Students can also avoid buying
textbooks by sharing with friends.
Senior Tony Papillo said he shares
textbooks with friends once or
twice a year.
"It usually works out" Papillo said.
"It's kinda tricky sometimes when
you have a test or a quiz or some
thing, but in that case you usually
study together."
The librarys course reserve system
is another way students can access
classroom material. Last year students
accessed course reserve materials
56,000 times from the Knight Ubrary.
"(It's a) real high-use collection,"
said Laura Willey, University libraries
circulation, course reserves and
videos manager.
The Knight Ubrary has 7,700 items
from 1,300 courses on reserve.
Students might not always be
able to find the books they need on
reserve, however. Some professors
never put anything on reserve, ac
cording to Willey.
"You're not going to get through
school without having purchased
textbooks," Willey said.
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at chuckslothower@dailyemerald.com.
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