Bang for Your Buck
Gripping their freshly printed booklists, returning and first-year students frantically run through the shelves of the Cornell Store each semester. Anxious and ready to tackle a new set of classes,...
View ArticleStudents Rent Textbooks Online
Buying textbooks at the start of every semester has become significantly cheaper for the hundreds of students across the country who have taken advantage of Skoobit.com.Skoobit is an online textbook...
View ArticleChanging Textbook Industry Forces C.U. Store to Adjust
This is the first in a two-part series examining the future of textbooks.Textbook sales at the Cornell Store are down at least 5 percent from last fall, as strapped Cornellians are increasingly...
View ArticleCornell Gains Access to 25 Million More Volumes
Harvard and MIT joins Ivy League inter-library borrowing program.read more
View ArticleProfessor Pens First Textbook on Public Gardens
Prof. Rakow hopes to spread more information about Public Gardens and its importance through new book.read more
View ArticleCornell Store Adapts to Evolving Market
The Cornell Store has recently changed several of its marketing policies in an effort to make textbook prices more competitive to combat the growing number of students who have begun purchasing...
View ArticleCornell Store Expands Book Rental Option by 80 Percent
The Cornell Store expanded the number of titles available in its textbook rental program by 80 percent since last year, according to Margie Whiteleather, strategic projects manager for the Cornell...
View ArticleSupreme Court Hears Case Over Textbook Resale
A high-profile Supreme Court case that may redefine the retail market began with an alumnus who resold textbooks manufactured abroad in the U.S. may put a stop to people reselling goods they own.read more
View ArticleAfter Launch of Price Comparison Tool, Cornell Store Sees Sales Increase
The Cornell Store reported an increase in book sales in 2012 after it launched a textbook price comparison tool that allows students to compare book prices at by the Cornell Store and other online...
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