Bootleg books: copy scheme puts school in a bind.Some Texas college students are heading to borders for their textbooks--and we don't mean the famous bookstore chain. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Jules Frapart, general manager of the Bookbee bookstore in Brownsville (Texas), it is not uncommon for cash-strapped students to pay full price for textbooks at his store, then drive to a Mexican Mexican named after or originating in Mexico. Mexican axolotl see ambystomamexicanum. Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum border town where they duplicate DUPLICATE. The double of anything. 2. It is usually applied to agreements, letters, receipts, and the like, when two originals are made of either of them. Each copy has the same effect. the books at copy shops--just outside U.S. jurisdiction. Then they return the books to the store for a refund TO REFUND. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid. 2. On a deficiency of assets, executors and administrators cum testamento annexo, are entitled to have refunded to them legacies . Frapart, who used to manage the South Texas Book Company at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, frequently abbreviated and called UTB/TSC or UTB-TSC, is an educational institution located in Brownsville, Texas, on the land once occupied by Fort Brown. , says he's seen this trick before. "We started seeing students purchasing a book from us and copying it for about a fifth of the price and then return the book," he says. "It's still prevalent." It costs $10.50 to duplicate a 300-page book at a typical Mexican copy shop, and binding costs an extra $2.36. Much like the recording industry has done, book publishers can sue for copyright violations. Mari Fuentes-Martin, dean of students at UTB-TSC, says students who illegally copy books can face disciplinary action. More often, she says, if a bookstore knows the book has been copied, it simply refuses to refund the money. |
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