ASO trys to balance skyrocketing book prices

 

The Pierce College  Academic  Senate discussed  a resolution on the reduction of textbook pricing in the bookstore.

The Pierce College bookstore has to deal with  complex issues that range from:  getting approval from the Board of Trustees,  publishing companies and competing with online markets,  and meeting certain profit margin criteria.

“We’ve been interested in this issue for some time and are interested in getting  the prices down for publisher retail price and the overall price down,” said Phil Stein, Senator Emeritus.

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