Xref: utzoo sci.math:5013 sci.physics:5048 comp.edu:1493 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!wucs1!conrad From: conrad@wucs1.wustl.edu (H. Conrad Cunningham) Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.physics,comp.edu Subject: Re: the high cost of text books! Message-ID: <602@wucs1.wustl.edu> Date: 6 Dec 88 18:32:56 GMT References: <278@heurikon.UUCP> <6304@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <4959@bsu-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: conrad@wucs1.UUCP (H. Conrad Cunningham) Organization: Washington University, St. Louis, MO Lines: 7 In article <4959@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes: >The bookstore decides what margin it wants; publishers have no say in >deciding at what price a bookstore will sell textbooks. True, but I think most publishers give a suggested retail price for their books. I suspect college bookstores stick fairly close to that price.