A college bookstore should be a service for "students" not "customers." But of
course that reveals a certain mentality, doesn't it. It is that sort of
treatment that leads so many faculty to order books off campus. I suggest that
in the future we get all the books into a list and have the students order
through Amazon.com where they will get a 10-30% discount rather than the
bookstore's outrageous markup. I believ eAmazon would work with any professor
to facilitate such a plan. UTC touts free market economics, and here is a
pefect example to exercise that philosophy. I hope you forward this to he
bookstore.

Richard Jackson
UC Foundation Professor of English



>ATTENTION:  ALL FACULTY
>
>In the last two weeks we have had 35 books cancelled by professors because
>they decided to use another book.  This does not include cancelled classes.
> This is after we have ordered and received the previously requested book.
>These books now have to be packed and returned to the publishers and we
>have to rush to order the newly requested book.  This causes an
>inconvenience for the customers who will have to wait for the book to
>arrive.  This also causes an inconvenience for those customers who have
>already purchased the previously ordered book and now have to return it to
>the store.
>
>Because this has become such a problem, we must now enforce our company
>policy of charging the shipping charges for cancelled books to the
>appropriate department effective immediately.  This charge does not apply
>to cancelled classes only cancelled books.
>
>Thank you,
>Rene Long