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policy toward buying used
books Myers said, "We buy any
book that a student may have if
it has a market value.
"If a book is being reused on
campus we will give the student
50 of the original price; this
includes paperbacks. Then we
sell them at 75 of the original
price. However, if a book is in
exceptionally bad condition we
will mark it down and likewise
will pay less for a book in poor
condition.
"If more books are bought
from students than the
department will need, we will
often still buy the books from
more students who come in just
on anticipation for next
semester.
"If a book may not be
continued, we will pay the
student what the wholesaler will
give us. The price here is
determined by the wholesaler.
It's hard to explain to students
why you can only give him
$1.25 for a $6 textbook, but
when a book is revised or
changed, the market value of the
old copy goes down."
Frost explained the actions of
publishers, "The publisher
revises the books to destroy the
used book market, there is no
reason to revise "Samuelson's
Economics" every three years
but the publishers do it.
However, by revising they can
spread the cost of books and
keep the prices reasonable."
Although employing different
methods, both stores offer
certain special buys to the
students.
The booketeria has a policy
that if a student sells $10 worth
of books to them they will give
him a $1 script applicable to the
purchase of new or used books.
The Intimate recently had a
sale in which several used texts
were reduced, including: Math
15 books marked down from
$6.35 to $3.95, Psychology 26
books marked down from $6.70
Co $5.95 and German 1 & 2
books marked down from $4.65
to $3.95.
The Intimate currently offers
used paperbacks for one-half the
original price. According to
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Frost, "Monarch Outlines" are
selling for "five cents over what
we paid for them."
The only major price
difference between the two
stores appeared in their handling
of trade books being used for
courses in the university.
Book publishers separate
books on two lists., One is for
textbooks, standard course
books, which are sold and
designed for a 20 profit. The
other list is trade books,
non-text material generally sold
m book stores, which are sold
and designed for a 40 profit.
The booketeria sells all trade
books at 40 profit whereas the
Intimate sells trade books that a
professor is requiring for a
course at 20 profit.
Myers said of the
Booketeria's policy, "If a book
is available in text prices we
always order that issue. If any
student can show us we are
charging trade prices for a text
book we will be glad to admit
our mistake.
"The difference comes in
because of the small volume of
trade books ordered. When you
only order a couple of books the
mark-up has to be larger. All
dictionaries are trade books. If
we don't sell at trade prices we
will start disrupting the market.
"If a professor orders 100
books for a class and they are
trade books we have to sell them
at trade price. However, if the
publisher should find a book
being used over and over as a
text, he will revise his list and
make it a text book.
"A publisher will send out a
trade book with a cover and a
marked price. If he changes this
book to a text, it will be sent
without a cover and with a lower
price."
Frost speaking on the
Intimate's policy said, "Any
book that a professor tells us is
to be used in a course, we will
order and sell at text prices
saving the student several dollars
on a book.
"For example, recently a
book on the poems of Yeats was
used by the English Department,
it was a trade book and we sold
it to students as a textbook."
Both stores stressed the
individual advantages that they
offer to the student.
Frost detailed some of the
price favors the Intimate offers
the students. "For a $7 used
book the national standard
would be $5.93, we will sell it
for $5.90 only a few cents
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difference, but this is just one
example of how we always slant
our prices in the student's favor.
"If a book gets dropped and
we buy copies at the low rate
and the book is picked up again,
we will pass this low price on to
the students.
"We also try to stock as many
paperbacks and sell them at as
low a price as possible. We want
students to buy new books, used
books and also non-academic
books from us so we try to make
the students as happy as
possible."
Kuralt, former student at
UNC, claims the Intimate can
offer the student better service.
"We can't compete with the
Book Ex in price-they have too
many connections and too many
resources. We just have to
out-hustle them.
"A student can get his books
here before he can get into the
Book Ex. We have clerks to
rummage through the stacks and
bring the books to the student
so he doesn't have to waste his
time trying to figure out where
everything is.
"When school opens in the
fall we will have 90 of all text
used including graduate books."
Myers said what he feltwouid
be the advantages of buying
from the Booketeria. "We will
be in our new office in the fall
so service will be far better than
before. I believe the student will
be able to notice the difference.
"The Booketeria will be on
the second floor of the new
building. There will be a
tremendous increase in the size
of the supply store, The Bull's
Head Book Store will be about
three times larger and the
booketeria will be about four
times larger.
"We're putting in a teletype
machine to facilitate the
ordering of books. If the
publisher has the book in stock
this should permit us to get the
books about two days earlier.
"We're getting manufacturers
to send representatives to help
students during the first few
days of school. For instance if
you want to buy a slide rule,
there will be an experienced
person there to help you select
the one you need.
"The University of North
Carolina will have one of the
largest book stores on the East
Coast No doubt about it being
one of the best. We're trying to
develop more experienced help
for even better service in the
future."
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The Thursday afternoon jazz
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Memorial this summer have been
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problems have been heat and
thirst.
The heat is here to stay, but
next Thursday the jazz program
will be combined with a
watermelon cut. At 3:00, the
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Body Shirts $12.00
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trio will tune up and the melons
will be sliced.
The New York Jazz Trio will
be making their third summer
appearance the first of the new
session.
Come eat, come listen. Keith
McClelland on the drums.
George McLain, vocalist and
bassist. Milton Clapp on
the piano.
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