Alex Romero, a sophmore Spanish major, is checking out books at the Austin Peay bookstore. Photo by Dalwin Cordova | Photographer

By CHASITY WEBB | Features Editor

Like the many changes APSU has been making on and around campus, the Ann Ross bookstore has followed suit.

The first change made apparent was the possibility to rent textbooks, for half of the new purchase price, from the bookstore.

In order to rent textbooks students must present an active credit card that is to be charged if the rented books are not returned. However, the book rental itself can be paid for using any method including financial aid. All rentals for the fall semester are due back by Friday, Dec. 17.

The second change was mostly initiated to allow more students to afford laptops. APSU’s bookstore now offers silver Dell Latitude D260s. These laptops have a 1.86 GHZ Core 2 duo processor, a 60 GB SATA hard drive, a 1 GB RAM, a DVD CD-RW media drive, a 14.1 WXG video screen, Windows XPP Pro loaded with a 90-day Microsoft Office trial period, a 802.11 a/b/g network card and Intel 945 GM video. These laptops are still available at $429.95.

The bookstore is also now offering price matching as part of their many changes. Within 10 days of purchasing a book, if a student finds the same book locally for a lower price, the student may bring their book, receipt and proof of the lower price to the bookstore for a refund of the difference.

The bookstore is also offering digital books. About 20 percent of the books for this semester are available in digital form. These are available for purchase through the bookstore’s website or in the bookstore itself.

Lastly, the bookstore is having a clearance sale until Monday, Sept. 6. All clearance items are an extra 10 percent off during this time.

It seems that now more than ever, Ann Ross bookstore is realizing what its students need — affordable, convenient textbooks and supplies.

The Ann Ross bookstore, located in the Catherine Evans Harvill building, is open Monday through Thurday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays the bookstore is only open for special events. TAS

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