UW campuses are again swarming with students, many of whom are feeling the pinch of textbook prices. There are ways students and administrators are trying to ease the financial burden a little.
At the UW-Madison, students are holding a â??book swapâ?. They man a table covered with laptops, scraps of paper, and tall stacks of books.
The UW system says on average, college students shell out $900 a year on books. UW-Madison sophomore Jonah Zinn says the book swap lets students sell books for about 30% more than what theyâ??d get from the campus bookstore, and buy them for 35% less than the retail price, which saves them $300 to $400. (First item.)