How does the bookstore determine which books to buy?
The selection of textbooks is always the responsibility of the individual instructor. As texts are adopted by the faculty for use in a coming semester, we compile a book list of texts that will be reused (i.e. books needed for the following semester that have been previously used on campus). We try to make this list as complete as possible, but for this we are dependent on the cooperation of the faculty. It is an unfortunate reality but complete information is not always available at buyback time due to changes in faculty and indecision on the part of instructors. Next, based on class enrollments and existing book inventories, our textbook manager determines the quantity of each book which can be purchased at buyback. Due to space limitations as well as the uncertainties of future use and superseded editions the UNCP Bookstore pays 50% of the purchase price only for books to be reused the coming semester. Books not needed by the UNCP Bookstore are sold to a used book wholesaler who mak
The selection of textbooks is always the responsibility of the individual instructor. As texts are adopted by the faculty for use in a coming semester, we compile a book list of texts that will be reused (i.e. books needed for the following semester that have been previously used on campus). We try to make this list as complete as possible, but for this we are dependent on the cooperation of the faculty. It is an unfortunate reality that complete information is not always available at Buy-back time due to changes in faculty and indecision on the part of instructors. Next, based on class enrollments and existing book inventories, our textbook manager determines the quantity of each book which can be purchased at Buy-back. Due to space limitations as well as the uncertainties of future use and superseded editions, the Bookstore pays 55% only for books to be reused the coming semester. Books not needed by the Bookstore are sold to a used-book wholesaler who makes them available to other c
The selection of textbooks is always the responsibility of the individual instructor. As texts are adopted by the faculty for use in a coming semester, we compile a book list of texts that will be reused (i.e. books needed for the following semester that have been previously used on campus). We try to make this list as complete as possible, but for this we are dependent on the cooperation of the faculty. It is an unfortunate reality but complete information is not always available at buyback time due to changes in faculty and indecision on the part of instructors. Next, based on class enrollments and existing book inventories, our textbook manager determines the quantity of each book which can be purchased at buyback. Due to space limitations as well as the uncertainties of future use and superseded editions the UNCP Bookstore pays 50% of the purchase price only for books to be reused the coming semester. Books that are not needed by the UNCP Bookstore and have a wholesale value may be
