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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
Why will college bookstores have to be(come) nimble? As I read your reply, the issue is mainly that the prof is forcing students to buy the pile of paper, either because s/he won't allow students to log on to the assignment website without doing so, or because s/he won't develop his/her own website to turn in assignments on (or offer an alternative means of doing so)... iow, it's a racket.
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Yes, it's a racket. But it's a very different racket than just a few years ago. And I expect that it will change form frequently in the future. Will it still be a racket? Maybe. But it's sure to change, thus the need to be nimble.
B&N doesn't strike me as a nimble organization.