Students take advantage of book exchange By Elizabeth Kassab Daily Staff Reporter Shelves filled with textbooks crowded the Pond Room of the Michigan Union yesterday, as part of the Student Book Exchange that runs until Saturday. The Student Book Exchange is a nonprofit, student-run organization that holds a book drive during the first week of every semester. Students can sell their unwanted textbooks and search for materials for this semester's classes.
Today is the last day for students to bring in books they want to sell.
Students can buy books tomorrow and Saturday. Student Book Exchange President Bennet Borsuk said the exchange normally lasts five days, with three days for selling books and two days for buying. But because this semester begins on a Thursday instead of the usual Wednesday, Borsuk said it was not practical to start on Tuesday since not many students were in Ann Arbor. The group also decided not to extend the drive because students do not have classes on Sunday and can easily pick up books and checks, said volunteer Jennifer Carroll, a Kinesiology senior. Students decide the prices of the books they sell.