My colleagues are concerned about the quality of the BC online bookstore. They started a monkeysurvey, but it is restricted to faculties.
I would like to get your input/feedback about a couple of issues:
Is it easy to find the editions required by the professors?
Is it easy to know if your order has been received?
What about prices? Can you find books cheaper elsewhere?
COMMENT BELOW, please. Try to be concise and to generalize about your experience.
I have never used the Brooklyn College bookstore to buy books because they are very expensive as compared to other options.
ReplyDeleteI usually find them online(eBook or pdf), used books or any other website where I get it for cheaper.
Also, for students there is a "BC TEXTBOOK MARKETPLACE" on the BC portal where the seniors who have taken those courses sell their used books for half of the price or even less.
I never had to use the Brooklyn College online bookstore. Most of my other professors usually recommend getting books either from Amazon or Barnes and Noble. The reasoning behind this is either it is cheaper, or it is easier to keep track of when the package will appear. Another thing: the older a book’s edition is, the harder it is to find.
ReplyDeleteAlso, why is the survey restricted to the faculty? Shouldn’t the poll be targeting us, the students, who are buying the books we need for classes?
It is easy to find the editions required for the professor, but the material being available is a whole different story.
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty easy to find out when the order has been receive.
The prices in the bookstore is usually way more expensive than other sources.
Yes, it is easy to find the required book for your professor. I have never used the BC online bookstore because the prices are very high. I understand that textbooks are expensive, but you can find them cheaper if you do some searches on google. It is much easier to find a pdf of the textbook, if you like using a computer for books. If you do not, I can recommend the website thriftbooks.com
ReplyDeleteVery easy to use though can expensive so I've never used it directly. I find ebooks/books on different sites.
ReplyDeleteIt is very easy to find the textbook required for the course, but I prefer using other sites since the bookstore is very expensive.
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