Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 9-27-1984 University News, September 27 Students of Boise State University Although this file was scanned from the highest-quality microfilm held by Boise State University, it reveals the limitations of the source microfilm. It is possible to perform a text search of much of this material; however, there are sections where the source microfilm was too faint or unreadable to allow for text scanning. For assistance with this collection of student newspapers, please contact Special Collections and Archives at
[email protected]. \II I S :;1 st r I '!' Complimentary texts sold at BSU.bookstore by Jessie Faulkner . The University News The resale of complimentary textbooks does not constitute criminal activity, but' does violate an unwritten contract between the publishing company and the instructor who receives the books, according to a spokesman for the New York City office of McGraw-Hill, Inc. The BSU Bookstore has been selling complimentary textbook copies for Iilong time, according to bookstore manager Bill Barrnes. • ' , The copies available-at the campus bookstore, he said, are purchased from . used-book wholesalers who in turn solicit" desk copies from instructors across the country. "The reason we sell the' desk copy is that publishers use this as a'marketing tool,': he I said, adding that the process of resale is \1 included in new-book prices. .\ The McGraw-Hili spokesman said McGraw-Hill makes the books available to college and university instructors with the understanding that the books are not for ", resale. The normal procedure, he said, is for the publisher to send college instructors book promotional brochures.