"I can't imagine it supplanting our term bill revenue," says Paul A. Gusmorino III '02, who helped develop the site and is chair of the council's Student Affairs Committee.
But the site's partnership with the Harvard Coop, some say, opens the possibility for the council's future interaction with corporate sponsors--a potentially profitable venture.
Humble Beginnings
"Last spring, we had no idea where this thing was going," Gusmorino explains.
This fall, Gusmorino expanded the site's database dramatically to include books from 195 courses.
The site uses an algorithm created by Gusmorino to compare textbook prices at various online booksellers and help students locate the best deal.
The expansion in the number of courses made the site more attractive to the whole student body.
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