Students say they are increasingly turning to on-line vendors for course books, though.
Now that Internet vendors are offering exact editions at discount prices, students seem to be paying attention.
"I would choose Amazon.com over the Coop in a second," says Tara B. Purohit '99.
Other students are doing the same, it seems.
"We had a lot of people in here this fall shopping the shelves, writing down information and leaving," says Coop General Manager David Sullivan.
Sullivan says the store will primarily combat the Internet threat by trying to increase the quantity of used books it carries.
But, he cautions, this depends on professors.
"If we can get course lists far enough in advance, we can look for the used books," Sullivan says.
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