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I II I By Walter Aliread Staff Writer During their semi annua shopping trip to loca bookstores, students foun< many textbook prices ha< increased, but they might ai well get used to highei prices. Students can expec textbook prices to increase about 10 percent each yea as inflation affects man; aspects of the printing in dustry, said E.A. Bailey manager of the S.C. Bool Store. A spokesman for Little Brown & Co. explained th< increases. "One of the majo reasons is the cost of pape has risen dramatically in th< last few years, said Dandison. "After that, I'< say it's because we've seei an increase in the tota manufacturing cost of th books." Printing, binding,, sewinj and typesetting ? these ar all costs fixed by the prir ers," the firm's colleg textbook sales manage said. "Most people don' realize that publishini companies help edit, re writ and design books. We don print them. The actus physical cost of preparing book is set by someon outside the company. "On the average, book: we've increased (in price have gone up in the life of th< edition ? normally thre< years," he said. H< estimated a 5 percent annua increase for his firm's books noting, "That's a litth high." Textbook supervisor at th< Campus Bookstore, Bil Rorie, said he fights pric< increases by stocking use< books. He said half the book: in the bookstore are used Rorie estimated that 9 percent of college bookstore sell 75 percent new books. The Campus Bookstor has more that $200,000 wortl of used texts, he said. 4 iimnlrl Iaiia if if fhai fT V TY UUiU iUVC It II Ul^ used all used books," Rori said, "but I realize th faculty has a responsibilit; to get the newest, bes books." When the bookstore buy used texts from students, i pays half the original pric and marks up the price 2 percent for resale, he said. But Rorie said the Campu Bookstore is not profitin from the students. "1 doesn't help profits any," h said. The store's profit* The GAMECOCK is the studei newspaper of the University of Soui Carotin* and is published three times week on Mondays. Wednesdays an Fridays during the fall and sprin semesters and once weekly o Wednesdays during both lummi sossiuns wan ine exception ( university holidays and examlnatk) periods. Opinions expressed in th GAMECOCK are those of the editoi and not those of the University < South Carolina. Tho llnluorcku r\4 QsviiftK Po?AlJnO an equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publication and Communications is the publisher c the GAMECOCK. The Student Madl Office is the parent organiistion of th GAMECOCK. Chango of address forms, sul scription requests and olhi correspondece should be sent to tli GAMECOCK. Box 85131. Rusat House. University of South Carolina Columbia. S.C. 29208. Subscripts rates are $5 50 per semester and $ for the summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbu SC. k firii w~ ?' Publ blam after operating expenses and salaries are deducted, arei ?/v HOP .nknlmwlim | uuuaicu iv uov> 9v.uuiai oiup j funds, he said. j A 1975-76 survey for the j National Association of 5 College Stores, which Rorie r said is still accurate, shows 12 cents of every dollar spent t on new textbooks goes for e bookstore operating exr penses. One cent is A??A anrt onimn i? i^A^aaiuic pi viH, auu ocvcn h cents pays bookstore employees. j The survey shows the publisher gets 59.8 cents of , that dollar. The author gets g \2.2 cents, and 8' cents go r tolocal, state and fedeni r governments. e USC faculty are respon sive to costs of their texts, d Miles said. "A lot of faculty n members will call and ask J about book prices." Miles e said "the whole philosophy on using used books has g changed ? even when there e is no competition (between it. bookstores). Some schools ~ ciill hnvp a mlirv that thpv r want to use new boc^s as t often as possible," he said, g "I'd sure match used e books with (the Campus Bookstore) any time," said i) E.A. Bailey, manager of the a S.C. Book Store. He said a e freshman English text hac been in great demand at his 5 store, which has plenty of v used copies. But the Campus Bookstore is sellincr mostlv new copies, he said. Bailey estimates at least J 40 percent of his stock is used books and said the comJ petition between the S.C. Book Store and the campus store probably helped j change USC's policy to stocking more used texts, j "We opened a small store on Sumter Street and two or i three years later they jl started stocking more used books," he said. Bailey said the publishing e ti lIJtJISBJI1 -It I * ' ~ * ^ - - ~ ' ^ || ||"UHiipa id HHSHn ilUJ jATj ^nnHUMBi nnrararaKf^ if ] *J j | Z fzi fl l] sgl - - - HHHMBJBLms >f ^"-v:"Hi"\ r,=Vt. is I---" ^ :_. l3x T* -3' ~ L" _ ; ' u. >r i: .,> ^;:vl^;-,;-^ is i vyo: i;-;vsv. :ta;: ^xz-=:{\ >11 ::: >;7^; r 2 I : MM! I, - ;t - . - ~ - ; , - ces u ie cost in 4* v m>- yi - USC student Phil Casoi the 10 percent annual h companies are increasing book prices beyond the leve justified by inflation. "Ovei a period of a year I wouldn' doubt that it hasn't gone uj 10 percent.'' he said. "The thing that gets me is the cost of paperbacks,' Bailey said. "It'! outrageous." A price comparison o eight books at each of th< stores showed only on< difference, a little more thai a dollar. Bailey and Rori? said the only thing that af fects which store has th< cheaper book is the numbe of books ordered. "There are no sales oi books," Rorie said, "If the; order too many, they migh have a better price, or vic< versa." At USC, Dr. Freemar Henry of the foreigjr languages department, saic J] ULWSShe. "H"?C ResTOURRn' lit one) SPLOOf ook deal creasesc ^'^y~ 'r~4 88 1^1;;". " -' .,?- ,- ?- ' ^gpgMI^M fx/'-'" :.:.... yy^yj^^l^ ? i signs a check for books a 7crease in book prices on pi J he tries to use annotated | texts so students don't have * to buy many other books. * "I normally select } paperbacks," he said. "They're the best for the 5 money. As well, my policy is to put some books on reserve 5 in the library so thai students can use them * without having to bu> B others."' e Dr. James Oliver of the 1 philosophy department saic e he has heard no complaint* " a bout textbook prices. 6 Orln 1/AAV\ 5 n minr A, UIVY aj O UU Attp 111 111111V. r the price. I know students have limited money," Olivet a said. v [? 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