Jan
26
Online Textbook Service
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Nowadays people are very interested in the continuing of their education and in the receiving of the university degree. But the studying in the university is very expensive, as there are many types of expenses, such as tuition fee, accommodation, insurance, transportation. One of the highest items of expenses is the book fee and majority of the students cannot cover such fee without additional financial aid. Nowadays the students try to reduce their expenses on the books. According to the researches, the students spend more than $ 200 per semester to buy the textbooks. In the end of semester majority of the students resell the books and receive about 35 % of the purchase price.
The most widespread way to buy the textbook is to do it in the university bookstores, but during the last years more and more students prefer to buy the books in the internet bookstores. Besides the new books, the students can buy second – hand books and resell their used books. The online book service has also some disadvantages. It refers first of all to the delivery period. The students have to wait several days before receiving the book.
In the same time, the online bookstore service provides the students the marketplace and gives them an opportunity to exchange the books, to sell their books and to buy them. The sellers of the books usually have to pay the commission fee to the bookstore. Usually the fees are quite high and can amount about eighteen percents of the price. But such service is still very advantageous. Such service is a huge competitor of the traditional university bookstores.
The online bookstore service has some restrictions. For example, only students can participate in the process of book exchanging. One of the most popular textbook trading services for the students is the Textlister.com.