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With the departure of the Harvard Printing and Publication Services (HPPS) from the printing business this past summer, citing cost inefficiency, students now must queue up for their coursepacks at two new locations, the Harvard Coop and Gnomon Copy...
...Core coursepacks are mostly sold at the Coop through an arrangement with the Core Office, while other non-Core coursepacks are sold at Gnomon Copy...
...feel like it is cheaper than the Coop, but the main problem is still the long lines,” said Elena I. Squarrell ’07, who purchased her Psychology 1603 coursepack from Gnomon Copy. “I prefer it to the Science Center, though, which seemed really disorganized...
Both new locations, the Coop and Gnomon Copy, offer reserve forms for coursepacks that are out of stock. According to Coop textbook manager Bob Wuesthoff, the Coop has also developed a system with the Core Office to let the office know when the coursepack inventory...
...course, professors are not ultimately to blame for the outrageous prices of course materials today. And though the Coop seemingly has room to improve a few coursepack prices, the store actually makes its lowest margins on textbooks. Those really to blame for high textbook prices, textbook publishers, face only as much pressure to lower prices as students and professors can exert. This situation is unlikely to change anytime soon. However, through some of the simple steps outlined—using e-resources, submitting reading lists earlier, remaining compatible with old editions, and avoiding switching textbooks—professors...