http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/college-bookstore-feeling-pinch-from-on-line-sales/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/college-bookstore-feeling-pinch-from-on-line-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-1051843 Paul Biba Wed, 06 May 2009 04:57:37 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21413#comment-1051843 I may be of a different generation but it was just the same when I went to Columbia from 1962-66. I have absolutely no, repeat no, love for college bookstores. (and after Columbia you should have seen how the Fordham Law School bookstore ripped us all off in 1966-1969). Unfortunately, in those days we had no alternatives. Their death will not be mourned (and that includes, of course, the textbook publishers.) I may be of a different generation but it was just the same when I went to Columbia from 1962-66. I have absolutely no, repeat no, love for college bookstores. (and after Columbia you should have seen how the Fordham Law School bookstore ripped us all off in 1966-1969). Unfortunately, in those days we had no alternatives. Their death will not be mourned (and that includes, of course, the textbook publishers.)

]]> http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/college-bookstore-feeling-pinch-from-on-line-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-1051808 Clark Tracy Wed, 06 May 2009 03:23:45 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21413#comment-1051808 College Bookstores have such an incredible markup it's obscene. $10-40 over retail. With bad service and rude employees (I'm not just talking about my school's bookstore). I'm glad that they feel the pinch from online retailers. They aren't in the book business, they're in the business of exploiting college kids who MUST have the books they're selling, and they know it, so they feel as though they can treat students however they like and charge whatever they want. College Bookstores have such an incredible markup it’s obscene. $10-40 over retail. With bad service and rude employees (I’m not just talking about my school’s bookstore). I’m glad that they feel the pinch from online retailers. They aren’t in the book business, they’re in the business of exploiting college kids who MUST have the books they’re selling, and they know it, so they feel as though they can treat students however they like and charge whatever they want.

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