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Text rental bookstore program continues
Emily Daly
Issue date: 5/27/08 Section: News
CSM plans to continue and expand its textbook rental program which started in fall 2007.
Instead of purchasing new or used textbooks, the program lets students rent them for the semester, if they sign an agreement that they won't write in them or deface them in any way.
Books are required to be returned on the final day of the class the book is used for. If students don't return the book, a hold is placed on their grades and transcript and a late fee is added to the book's rental price.
Failure to return books "is not common, but of course it happens," said Judy Worster, bookstore manager. According to Worster, out of the 45 books rented last fall, 8 are still unaccounted for.
The major benefit of this program is the low price of the rented textbooks, said Worster. A new book for the course Math 125 would cost $130.70, a used copy would cost $98.05, but a rented copy would only set students back $51.50, she explained.
As for promotion of the program, she said, "It's mostly word of mouth at this point."
In order to be available for rental, textbooks are required to be used by teachers for at least 4 semesters, be unwrapped, and not contain software that requires individual access codes. Also, only textbooks for classes offered in both the fall and spring semesters can be rented.
Currently 9 titles are available for rental, and the program is expected to expand every year.
Instead of purchasing new or used textbooks, the program lets students rent them for the semester, if they sign an agreement that they won't write in them or deface them in any way.
Books are required to be returned on the final day of the class the book is used for. If students don't return the book, a hold is placed on their grades and transcript and a late fee is added to the book's rental price.
Failure to return books "is not common, but of course it happens," said Judy Worster, bookstore manager. According to Worster, out of the 45 books rented last fall, 8 are still unaccounted for.
The major benefit of this program is the low price of the rented textbooks, said Worster. A new book for the course Math 125 would cost $130.70, a used copy would cost $98.05, but a rented copy would only set students back $51.50, she explained.
As for promotion of the program, she said, "It's mostly word of mouth at this point."
In order to be available for rental, textbooks are required to be used by teachers for at least 4 semesters, be unwrapped, and not contain software that requires individual access codes. Also, only textbooks for classes offered in both the fall and spring semesters can be rented.
Currently 9 titles are available for rental, and the program is expected to expand every year.
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