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Judging a book by its cover

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  • #32
    mtoutlemonde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,135 ✭✭✭mtoutlemonde


    bobbyss wrote: »
    If your school is too small to warrant business, that's a bet you would lose.

    Don't agree - I'm in a small school and get samples.


  • #33
    bobbyss
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    mtoutlemonde wrote:
    Don't agree - I'm in a small school and get samples.


    Fair enough. I had two students in one of my classes today, a pretty normal occurrence. Other classes not much more. Once ever I got a sample from a company but I had to skirt around the numbers but didn't feel comfortable doing do.


  • #34
    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    mtoutlemonde wrote: »
    Well you then tell the sales rep that you won't be considering their materials. I bet you'd get the samples then.

    No. Never made a difference. Book rental books kept for a decade - they just aren't interested.


  • #35
    RealJohn
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    If the book companies won’t send out copies, the next stop is the school itself - the cost of a few books in your subject every couple of years should not be beyond the reach of most schools and, if they want you to be able to make the best choice for the students, they should accommodate you.

    Reading through books in Eason’s is not the way you should be selecting a text book.


  • #36
    bobbyss
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    RealJohn wrote:
    If the book companies won’t send out copies, the next stop is the school itself - the cost of a few books in your subject every couple of years should not be beyond the reach of most schools and, if they want you to be able to make the best choice for the students, they should accommodate you.

    RealJohn wrote:
    Reading through books in Eason’s is not the way you should be selecting a text book.

    I absolutely agree:schools should accommodate.

    I know what I want from a text. It doesn't take me long to assess if it will work or not. A good rummage through it will do the job.


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  • #37
    mtoutlemonde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,135 ✭✭✭mtoutlemonde


    bobbyss wrote: »
    I absolutely agree:schools should accommodate.

    I know what I want from a text. It doesn't take me long to assess if it will work or not. A good rummage through it will do the job.

    What do you mean schools should accommodate? A teacher is the best judge of what he/she wants in a book and should have the final decision- after all, they are the ones using it everyday.
    What works for you may not work for another teacher.


  • #38
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    mtoutlemonde wrote: »
    What do you mean schools should accommodate? A teacher is the best judge of what he/she wants in a book and should have the final decision- after all, they are the ones using it everyday.
    What works for you may not work for another teacher.

    I think they meant that schools should stump up if samples aren't forthcoming


  • #39
    bobbyss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,260 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    mtoutlemonde wrote:
    What do you mean schools should accommodate? A teacher is the best judge of what he/she wants in a book and should have the final decision- after all, they are the ones using it everyday. What works for you may not work for another teacher.

    I agree with you completely. 100%

    Accommodate? Have a look at your own post above and therein you have the answer to your own question.


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