College Bookstores Fight Textbook Legislation
College Bookstores Fight Textbook Legislation
This year alone, 86 textbook bills have been introduced in 26 states, according to the National Association of College Stores (NACS). NACS is starting to feel the heat, as evidenced by the launch of their online Legislative Action Center, a grassroots campaign to help their college bookstore members locate and contact state and federal legislators to influence proposed textbook legislation. NACS also has a field office in Washington D.C., which they claim is engaged in all levels of the policymaking process.
According to NACS Chief Operating Officer Brian Cartier, legislators are looking to influence the way bookstores do business without proposing any real remedies to improve textbook affordability. For this reason, Cartier advises NACS members to get involved with proposed legislative actions that would affect college stores.
CampusBooks.com Inc. differs from NACS in that we believe any legislation aiming to make textbooks more affordable for students is worth investigating. Making textbooks and education more affordable is the mission of CampusBooks.com, and it's the reason we continue to search for innovative features to add to the site in order to better serve college students. For a more personal look at CampusBooks.com, check out the CampusBooks.com MySpace page and add us as a friend: http://www.myspace.com/campusbooks.
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Source:
Moore, Yalinda. " NACS CEO on Government Relations." Campus Marketplace 13 JUL 2007 16 JUL 2007. http://www.nacs.org/news/071307-mytake.asp?id=cm
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