2008 Woodie Awards
If you're in need of books, what price is right
Courtney Kohloff
Issue date: 1/26/06 Section: News
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Students have been forced to fight with lines, overpriced books, and in many cases, the bookstore doesn't buy enough copies of the books for the given class.
After waiting about fifteen minutes in line, students are late, and come into class empty handed.
The first week of classes are supposed to be introductions to the courses, but without the books, some students have had trouble starting off on the right foot.
While there are some students who do not mind purchasing books through the bookstore, there are others who try every way to avoid it.
Technology has become ever so accommodating, that with a simple click of a button your textbooks could be waiting outside your house within days. Ordering books at online bookstores. Such as Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com, allows students all over the nation to access millions of books whose prices are significantly lower than ones displayed in the bookstore.
With these websites so easily accessible and cheap, it makes the decision almost completely obvious as to which method a student would use to buy their books. The faster, quicker, easier way of course.
Although purchasing books online is cheaper and faster, students continue to put themselves through the misery of purchasing books at the SHU bookstore.
Because many students are fortunate enough to have their parents buy textbooks for them, the majority of them admitted to me that they honestly do not care of the price, as long as they are not paying for them themselves.
Because it is so easy to have parents give credit card information via telephone or make a trip to campus to purchase books personally, more and more students are automatically assuming that their parents be the purchaser of these books.
For the other students who take responsibility in their own hands and buy books themselves, Amazon.com or other websites that provide easy access to books are lifesavers.
They receive the books within a week, and normally have a full money back guarantee if there is a problem with the book, or when the student is finished with the book at the end of the semester. This is something that the SHU Bookstore does not offer after a few weeks of school.