Comments about ‘No used-book conspiracy’

Hmmm...if you want to know the true value of a textbook, new or used, go to the internet. College bookstores very often charge too much and pay too little, but the internet is the great equalizer.

Did he try to justify the extreme overpriced textbooks by saying the huge textbook profits help minimize tuition expenses? What a joke!

The real consipiracy here is with the College Professors who write the textbooks, then offer a new revision every year. As if subjects like Human Anatomy, College Algebra, and History change on an annual basis? Requiring students to purchase new books every year is expensive and wastes resources. Universities should require books to be valid for 3-5 years vs allowing professors to pad their salaries with book revenues.

Um, then how does that explain the brisk business of the Book Exchange when I was at USU? I sold every single book I put on there within a week or two for almost double what I would have gotten from the bookstore. I'm not saying there's a "conspiracy," but the bookstores really need to get wise if they want to keep students buying there instead of from other students or the internet.

Amy - Nice to hear from you again! Finally, something we agree on. Now, if the left and right agree on this one, let's go dump some tea in the harbor! LOL.

Seriously, this should be an easy thing for Universities to fix, but it's about the money, not the education. This is something I could find myself getting behind the Sierra Club on. Why waste so many trees and fill up the land fills with books when last year's book is just fine? We are lining professor's pockets with this policy.

Wow!