Cheaper textbooks
Filed in archive Funding your education by mstandaert on January 19, 2005
Through online vendors. A story at The Daily Orange.
Strained by the burden of increasing textbook costs, students are increasingly looking to fill their orders online.
According to a survey by the California Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG), the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG) and the OSPIRG Foundation, students on average spent $898 on textbooks in 2003 to 2004, compared to an average of $642 in 1996 to 1997.
"We've seen sales increase from 6,000 to 10,000 online orders this semester alone," said Dan Yunghans, textbook supervisor at Follett's Orange Bookstore.
Also, from The Crimson, via Distance Educator, a new website which allows students to rate professors and exchange textbooks.
While the professor ratings are the centerpiece of the site, students can also use thecampusbook.com to arrange to buy and sell used textbooks. Though the site does not facilitate online payment, it allows students to post the titles of textbooks they wish to sell or to search for posts about books they wish to purchase.
Once a buyer and seller find each other, they can use thecampusbook.com to arrange an outside means of carrying out the actual sale. Shraga said this service can save students " literally hundreds of dollars.&lrquo;
Strained by the burden of increasing textbook costs, students are increasingly looking to fill their orders online.
According to a survey by the California Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG), the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG) and the OSPIRG Foundation, students on average spent $898 on textbooks in 2003 to 2004, compared to an average of $642 in 1996 to 1997.
"We've seen sales increase from 6,000 to 10,000 online orders this semester alone," said Dan Yunghans, textbook supervisor at Follett's Orange Bookstore.
Also, from The Crimson, via Distance Educator, a new website which allows students to rate professors and exchange textbooks.
While the professor ratings are the centerpiece of the site, students can also use thecampusbook.com to arrange to buy and sell used textbooks. Though the site does not facilitate online payment, it allows students to post the titles of textbooks they wish to sell or to search for posts about books they wish to purchase.
Once a buyer and seller find each other, they can use thecampusbook.com to arrange an outside means of carrying out the actual sale. Shraga said this service can save students " literally hundreds of dollars.&lrquo;
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