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Alternatives emerge for selling back used books
Published: Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Over a four-day period last May, Carlos Roque ’10 trekked across campus from “Scully, to Bloomberg, then all the way to Holder,” collecting more than $15,000 worth of textbooks. Roque wasn’t hoping to start a library, but rather ...
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Belltower Books also makes every attempt to remain under the radar of the universities and local authorities. They are operating a business on the private property of a college campus. Almost every campus has a contract with a big bookstore operator like Follet or Barnes & Noble. By Belltower operating on campus, the schools are in violation of their exclusive agreements with these bookstore operators. Many campuses(alongside their bookstore operators) have filed cease and desist orders against Belltower Books and can actually sue for the money earned on their campus. They are currently being sued by many schools and many schools also view Belltower as a major liability since a private business is operating on campus and large sums of cash are being handled by student buying reps.
Isn't it illegal to be running businesses out of your dorm room like Carlos Roque claims to be doing?
Private businesses have no place advertising inside of college dorms. Those posters were incredibly inappropriate.
Ah a bookstore employee- such a valuable source for accurate information :)
Break the bookstore monopoly- the time is now