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aberkok · 08-22-2005, 06:25 PM

Yeah, working in a bookstore I see the scam that is the course publishing industry. It makes me sick and even though my boss would get angry, I always try to slip in a "you could probably find it at the library" in my sales pitch. Looking back on my university years, I would have made more effort to get books out at the library. I think that would have worked especially considering the amount of time I spent studying. If they are not to be taken out, then so be it. I'd have just studied there.

I realize that this might not work for some, but I don't think a lot of people consider it. Seems when the text is listed as "required," too many people take it to mean that they have to buy the book.

I'm not a fan of photocopying, but not for legal reasons. More for the reason that at the end of the day I neither want to keep a photocopied version of a book, nor do I want to waste all the paper by throwing it out, nor can I sell it off.

08-22-2005, 06:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
aberkok “Wrong is right.” Location: toronto	Yeah, working in a bookstore I see the scam that is the course publishing industry. It makes me sick and even though my boss would get angry, I always try to slip in a "you could probably find it at the library" in my sales pitch. Looking back on my university years, I would have made more effort to get books out at the library. I think that would have worked especially considering the amount of time I spent studying. If they are not to be taken out, then so be it. I'd have just studied there. I realize that this might not work for some, but I don't think a lot of people consider it. Seems when the text is listed as "required," too many people take it to mean that they have to buy the book. I'm not a fan of photocopying, but not for legal reasons. More for the reason that at the end of the day I neither want to keep a photocopied version of a book, nor do I want to waste all the paper by throwing it out, nor can I sell it off. __________________ !check out my new blog! http://arkanamusic.wordpress.com Warden Gentiles: "It? Perfectly innocent. But I can see how, if our roles were reversed, I might have you beaten with a pillowcase full of batteries."