UTEP's Sam Mata on "BOOK BILLS!"

Sam + Alejandro Corona + Fernie Castillo kick - off Fall 2008 to a good start!!

¡Adelante, DESTINO!

¡Ora, MEChA!

¡Ora, UTEP!

"Shopping trends ... may lower textbook prices for students"


Adapted from this original source: The UTEP Prospector, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 www . utepprospector . com .

"For many years the beginning of a new semester has come with jaw - dropping receipts from the University Bookstore.

"However, recently passed laws and current shopping trends are challenging the high - priced textbooks market.

"For the new semester, students will have a variety of options to get their textbooks.

"From used books, to books online and renting books, new options are available.

"UTEP's bookstore is trying to keep textbooks prices down by asking professors to attempt to use textbooks for a longer period of time.

"Although the university uses the standard industry markup of 25 percent on its new books, it says that used books will always cost less than new books."

And now comes this quote from Mr. Victor Pacheco, UTEP Assistant Vice President for Business Affairs:

"The way we try to lower the cost of textbooks is to make more used books available to students, and what drives our ability to hold used books is faculty adoption.

"We're trying to work with the faculty so that they use the same book over and over, from semester to semester.."


♫ Enter Chegg.com! ♪


"Chegg.com rents thousands of books per day, and works in a pragmatic way.

"Not only is Chegg.com a low - priced and ocnvenient way to obtain textbooks, but it's also environmentally friendly.

"According to the Web site, Chegg.com plants a tree for every textbook that it rents, sells or buy back..."

A good read!!