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Show !WEDNESDAY, AUGUST lS, 1999 PAGE 7 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS Are students getting the best deal on books? BY TYLER JOHNSON JOURNAL STAFF WRITER "You want how much for that book?" Many students utter these words at least once during their academic career. According to website www.textbooks.com, on average, each student will spend approximately $675 per year on books and supplies nationally. There are several options for buying text books in Cedar City. The most obvious choice is the suu Bookstore in the Sharwan Smith Center. ~ ,i · Internet sites are also : '/3oolf Tlfle ~~ becoming more and more popular among students. .,... r, Some students prefer the Intermediate Algebra Book Den at 27 N. Main. Trading among students is 5th edition, 1998 also another choice. Chartes McKeague There are pros and cons to all book-buying options. ~ o,a;o,,q,p~ 1st edition, 199&' When the SUU Bookstore buys back books from N. Gr,gory llantdW students, their value depreciates and prices lower American Economic Histo each year. That is why . students only get a fraction of Sth edition, 1998 the original price returned at Jonathan Hughes the end of the semester. According toSUU Bookstore Director Dennis Ohms, any profit made from the sale of used books at the bookstore goes into the The Developing Person school. Rent for the Sharwan Through the Lifespan Smith Center is paid, student 4th edition, 1998 scholarship coffers are Berger supplemented and other school items are paid for. The Bookstore offers rewards and incentives periodically. Any student that bought a book at the bookstore during the summer had the opportunity to enter their name in a drawing. The drawing starts today. Today's winner will receive all of his or her money he or she spent on books back. The drawing will continue for five more days, with the percentage of money given back dropping each day. According to Ohms, if students find they don't need a . particular book, the Bookstore will refund 100 percent of the money if the original sales receipt is shown and the book is returned in the original condition. Full refunds are only given until Sep. 11 . The Book Den is al5'l a choice for inexpensive books. However, according to owner Rowan Wilson, the Book Den carries about 10 percent of what the SUU Bookstore does. He said there is a chance that he doesn't carry particular books students may need. Students may receive a complete refund at the Book · Den within the first week of school. Aft~r that, Wilson said the book might be bought back at a lower price. ~ One of Wilson's many com philosophies is you save a buck, I make a buck. Wilson stated that if The Book Den can't sell the book for less, why $55.41 $ 53 ·20 stay in business? "The Book Den saved me at least $50 on two books,· said freshman ·. computer science and 66.36' , chemistry major Dustin Hofeling from Cedar City. · On-line purchasing is a way to buy what you need without having to deal with any sales 34 _16 61 _60 people. That's one reason it's so popular. Of 16 SUU Students interviewed at random, Shalona Hatch, a senior business major from Lindon, Utah, was the only one that had purchased books on-line. Hatch said if a time 49.39 63.25 guarantee was available, and (new only) the site was recommended, she would still buy her books on-line. . suu Bookstore compared to other sources = ,uM Bookstoie btore . BookDen (all used) 1C B ~ ,..,.> · ctroeefl) · ~ , com yi@($) . · $54.40 $40.75 $15.00 $66.26 3&.76 . 46.GO 34.50 36.00 _ 46 75 _ 35 00 _ 35 00 18.00 56.15 42.00 31 .50 29.00 47.62 . OUR - DUCATION . I. APPLY TO THE HONORS PROGRAM 105 C SOUTH HALL• 865-8105 |