Hi There & Welcome to my Book Blog. My Name is Dylan Nirvana, Musician/Artist/Bookguy. My "day job" is as a buyer for College Bookstores, supplying Used Books to Students.
As you may know, Reselling unwanted Textbooks sent to you by publishers Saves Students Money because they become Used Books in College Bookstores. What may be new to some people, and a bit counterintuitive, is that the "Free Copy" labels on the Promotional Copies are put there by the Publishers themselves. Weird? All the "Do not resell" exhortations (along with detailed explanations about how immoral it is to resell a book - ultimately into the Used Book section of the Bookstore) are there to try to entice professors to faithfully keep all their gazillions of Editions piling up on their shelves, thus depriving cheapskate Students the undeserved opportunity of buying a Used Copy.
Not only does that strike, well almost anybody, as being outright self-serving; I mean, of course it would be better for PUBLISHERS if there where less and less Used Books in Bookstores, but just not so good for STUDENTS.
There is another level of irony here: the Federal Government REQUIRES publishers to print on or with Promotional Text that they are "Free and Not for Sale" to prevent them for using them as leverage to get a lucrative book adoption. Apparently back in the day, they used to CHARGE for them!
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
You Can Help Students Lower Their Book Costs: Resell!
Resold Textbooks become Used Books in College Bookstores. Just like the Student Buyback, the Book Buyback for Professors puts Used Books back in the Bookstore right where Students need them. It would be great if eBay or Amazon could supply all the Used Books that Students need.
It would be wonderful if Textbook Publishers would lower their prices. But that is fantasy. The reality is, your Students are paying exorbitant prices for their books, and the availability of Used Books at the time of purchase is critical. The only solution is Used Books.
So please, if you have received Instructors Editions or Desk Copies that you do not want from publishers, consider Reselling / Recycling them back into the system. Whatever the publishers send to you for promotional purposes yours to sell as you please without obligation*. I pay you Cash just like the Bookstore does when Students sell their books back. Why not Help Students and Recycle Your Books? Call or Text me: 917-582-9369 or email books@dylannirvana.com *according to federal law and postal code 91-375, any item including Textbooks sent for promotional purposes belongs solely to the recipient and may be resold without any obligation to the sender or institution.
It would be wonderful if Textbook Publishers would lower their prices. But that is fantasy. The reality is, your Students are paying exorbitant prices for their books, and the availability of Used Books at the time of purchase is critical. The only solution is Used Books.
So please, if you have received Instructors Editions or Desk Copies that you do not want from publishers, consider Reselling / Recycling them back into the system. Whatever the publishers send to you for promotional purposes yours to sell as you please without obligation*. I pay you Cash just like the Bookstore does when Students sell their books back. Why not Help Students and Recycle Your Books? Call or Text me: 917-582-9369 or email books@dylannirvana.com *according to federal law and postal code 91-375, any item including Textbooks sent for promotional purposes belongs solely to the recipient and may be resold without any obligation to the sender or institution.
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