During high-demand periods, they staff 28 cash registers for swift check out. The glutton's share of the University's Bookstore pie pays for infrastructure. Seventy-five percent of the retail cost of textbooks goes to the publisher, the author, the distributor and shipper. I would rather pay a bit more money to get a current book, rather than dated material. We're living in a rapidly changing world.
Textbooks have to be updated to stay current.
This cuts down on the availability of used books. My Title Would Be. It also buys and resells viable used textbooks. Not to mention the cafe, which is expected to soon add about a half-dozen outdoor tables. It is certainly a new and vibrant social space.