Three things I dislike about my School!
             What would I change at my school? Well, I have been attending CCBC for two weeks. I would change the cost of books. A lot of students can relate to me when it comes to books. They are extremely expensive but, you need them. The problem for high cost of books is everywhere. It's not the discount bookstores it is the publisher's who make the money.
             Why are Textbooks so expensive? Well, first it costs a lot to make one. As I stated, publishers spend one million dollars to produce a book. Color printing and hard covers also add to the cost. There is also the paper quality. Many publishers use a paper called an archival quality and it is a lot more expensive than other papers. The publisher's are the ones making the money. Many publishers are changing editions every two years. That helps publishers make money that was lost on used books. It is legal to sell books back to the school. It's a principle called "the first sale doctrine" and it states you don't have to pay anything to the publishers.
             How much money is the discount bookstore making? For example, if a book cost $60 dollars and the discount bookstore sell it for $80 dollars. They are not making a $20 dollar profit. You have to figure in the personnel that ship and the staff the books. The personnel that work at the discount bookstore, it cost anywhere from $16-$18 dollars to employee them. So, in reality the bookstore makes $2-$5 per $80 dollar book. That is a 2.5%- 6% profit margin. Not a lot of money!
             The school bookstore is ripping off the students. As many suspected this long ago, textbooks are expensive because they are printed in limited quantities. The basic effect of supply and demand forces the price to shoot up. But I ask myself if books are that rare why the resale value is so low. Like many students do, searching online is cheaper. Many colleges mark up their books drastically. I wo...