Are used books as valuable as new books?
Yes. According to a fall 2003 Student Watch report, 76% of students agree that used course materials are as valuable as new. Because of student demand used books accounted for $1.7 billion in college store sales during the 2003-2004 academic year and made up about 16% of all college store sales (25.3% of all course material sales), according to NACS 2005 Industry Financial Report. Many stores believe that given students demand for used books these percentages would be higher if more used books were available.
