It is argued tha alternate pricing methods for college textbooks--including net pricing, net billing, and single copy order pricing--would be detrimental to college bookstores. Publishers are urged to continue with the traditional method, and other publisher practices that could help bookstore managers are suggested. (JMD)

An employee of a college store relates the intricate processes involved in operating a college store and many of the difficulties: paper shortages, overstocking, and low turnover. (PG)

Ideas to help improve merchandising in college stores are presented: utilizing space wisely, improving calculator sales; and organizing textbook buy-backs. (PG)

Presents the winners in a competition sponsored by The College Store Journal, to increase sales in college bookstores. (PG)

Institutionally owned and operated, the George Washington University bookstore has 20,000 square feet and grosses more than $2 million annually. The intent is to break even with all profits going back to the school. General policies and procedures are described: spatial organization and display, staff and training, inventory, and promotion. (JT)

Describes the new University of New Mexico's Bookstore that opened on October 30, 1974. (PG)

Identifies reasons for increasing the size of a college store's mass market paperback display and inventory; and identifies some selling and promotional tips to increase the return on this investment in capital and space. (Author/PG)

Recommendations are offered regarding the need for accuracy in estimating past course enrollment, information needs in initial ordering, sales potential of unsold inventory, and the use of computer assistance. (LBH)

A special booklet, "Faculty Guide to Textbooks," was developed by the college store personnel as an open, frank form of communication. The faculty is given the reasons why and the times when text information is needed along with the activities that are generated in the store upon receipt and implementation of the data. (LBH)

Presents some stocking, maintaining, and purchasing tips for college stores with trade paperback sections. (PG)

Suggestions for improvements of the University of Maryland's Baltimore County Book Center came originally from students; the center now includes a complete selection of nontextbooks, along with television sets, art reproductions, and postage stamp machines. (PG)

High freight costs stimulated the idea of renting a truck to pick up publisher textbook orders. Benefits, including lower cost per 100 pounds of freight and scheduling when there is room to receive cartons and crew to process the books, outweigh the problems encountered. (MLW)

Building and developing the trade paperback department of the college bookstore is discussed by a sales representative from a major book seller. (PG)