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Welcome! University of Washington New Faculty
Orientation
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• Agenda
• About University Book Store
• UW Customer Rebate
• Textbooks An investment in your students
  future
• General Books
• Husky Shop
• Technology Center

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• About University Book Store
• Seven stores serving the greater Seattle area
• Governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of
  students, faculty and staff of University
  of Washington
• Over 25.8 million in UW Customer Rebates since
  1930
• Over 725,000 in UW student scholarships
• Lower textbook prices than most other college
  stores and other booksellers.
• Special academic pricing on computer hardware
  and software

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• UW Customer Rebate
• Since 1930, University Book Store has been
  returning the annual net earnings not required
  for operating and developing the Store to
  full-time UW students, faculty and staff through
  the UW Customer Rebate program.
• The UW Customer Rebate is based on the eligible
  personal purchases you make at University Book
  Store locations and online while holding current,
  valid UW student, faculty or staff, UWAA or UWRA
  identification.

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• What you need to know about
• textbooks and other course material
• Why do textbooks cost what they do?
• Student attitudes about textbooks
• Technology Advances
• Custom Published textbooks
• How do I submit my textbook requisition?

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• Textbooks
• An investment in your students future
• Average Cost of College Textbooks
• 580 per year (Sources NACS, AAP)

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• Why do textbooks cost what they do?
• Producing a textbook program is complex and
  expensive.
• Costs include editing, accuracy checking, art
  development, photo permissions, layout, indexing,
  printing, manufacturing, storage, packaging, and
  technology and supplement development.
• The people who work on a book are paidfrom the
  authors earning royalties for their intellectual
  property to the publishing professionals who
  create numerous titles.
• To bring a book to market could be well over
  1,000,000 by the time its published.

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• Student Attitudes toward textbooks
• Over 25 of dont use their required course
  material. Its a perceived value issue.
• Students claim that only 76 of professors are
  using their required textbooks in class.
• More than half (56) of students who elected not
  to purchase a required textbook did so because
  the professor recommended they didn't.
• (2005 NACS Student Watch)

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Textbook programs have changed due to technology
advances
Radio Frequency Audience Response Systems
On-line Homework Systems with personalized
learning plans
Web-based database of over 10 million articles
from over 5,000 academic journals
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• Publishers provide price options
• Textbooks are available alone or packaged with
  timesaving
• technology.
• Many of textbooks are available in a range of
  formats to best meet student budgets and learning
  styles.
• Choices can include purchasing the text in
  hardback, paperback, or loose-leaf, in full color
  or in black and white, or in eBook or audio book
  format.

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Publishers provide custom options

• Textbook specifically created by professor from
  multiple sources for his/her course.
• Could include customized ancillaries
• Could include material written by professors
• Customized technology could be apart of the book

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What is the benefit of custom textbooks?

• Students read and use what they pay for
• In many cases, the price is less than the
  traditional textbook.
• Because professors create their own custom
  titles, the books better correlate to the
  lectures, which often produces a better learning
  solution.

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Textbook Requisitions
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Textbook Requisitions
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General Books!
Come to special author events and Promotions!
Staff favorites
Books by UW faculty!
Huge selection of Childrens books
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Husky Shop! Support UW
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Technology Center