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...second half of play. Rousmaniere, who came on to start the second half, notched his first goal of the season by heading a cross from sophomore Alex Chi into the net in the 57th minute. Stamatis continued Harvard’s offensive momentum in the 70th minute, firing a textbook shot into the top corner of the net for an unassisted tally. In addition to helping to increase the Crimson’s lead over Vermont, Stamatis and fellow midfielder junior Brian Grimm also controlled the pace of the match. “Our two midfielders kept control...
...whether the sites are also liable for the auctions is unclear. Ebay recently won a court case absolving it of responsibility for policing its auctions for counterfeit items - although it will remove an auction if contacted by the company that owns the rights to an item - but international textbooks are not technically counterfeit. Like eBay, AbeBooks acts as a third party for sellers - generally stores in foreign countries. One copy of Organic Chemistry found on its site was being sold by the William Bookstore in New Delhi. AbeBooks includes a disclaimer on its textbook page, warning that selling an international...
...Last year, Stephanie Rodgers, then a senior at Vanderbilt University, bought a brand new, international edition of a physics textbook for $75 on eBay instead of the $298 U.S. version for sale in the university's bookstore. The only difference between the two was the fact that the U.S. textbook was divided into three separate volumes, while the international version came as one book. Rodgers also purchased a $68 mathematical logic textbook ($130 new), which was nearly identical to her classmates' version except that it was paperback instead of hardcover. "Which is fine, because I prefer paperback," says Rodgers...
...With luck, students won't have to outsource their educational needs for much longer. This summer, Congress hashed out a new law that would require textbook publishers to provide pricing information to professors, to help them decide which books to select for their courses. There are also e-books - digital texts available on the Internet either for free or a small price - not to mention book rental services and good old-fashioned hand-me-downs...
...students who want a complete, original copy of the textbook, free from someone else's roving highlighter or absent-minded doodles, international editions are hard to ignore. "Not all of my books were available as international editions, and sometimes the price break between ordering off eBay and buying in the bookstore wasn't large enough to warrant the extra effort," says Rodgers, who graduated last spring with a degree in neuroscience. "but I always checked." (To see the evolution of the college dorm room click here...