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Streamline Publisher Consignment Rentals

Posted by Liz Schulte on 9/16/24 6:00 AM

With all the various course material formats, sometimes it might be difficult to keep everything straight. Today, let’s take a deeper look at Publisher Consignment Rental (PCR).

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Simplifying Publisher Consignment Rentals

Posted by T.A. Nathan on 5/13/20 6:00 AM

Publisher consignment rentals help lower student costs and provide bookstores with a recyclable rental product that is easy to adopt and manage. We recently sat down with MBS Vice President of Inventory Control Michael Tolly to talk with him about publisher consignment rentals.

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Spotlight: How Mineral Area College Bookstore Approaches Publisher Consignment Rentals

Posted by Liz Schulte on 5/20/19 6:00 AM

As an answer to the demand for more affordable course material options, publishers developed the publisher consignment rental program. Publisher consignment rentals are a collection of rental-only titles that have been selected by the publisher. These books are offered at a lower price point than a new book and provide faculty with the latest editions for their classrooms. But what does that mean for the college store? Recently, we with sat down with the Mineral Area College Bookstore Manager Aaron Miller to discuss his experience carrying publisher consignment rentals. 

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