<p>ellie-
My point was, the issue is with B&N, not with TU. That happened at my older s’s school. When the school switched to having B&N manage the bookstore, <em>poof</em> – all the ISBN numbers disappeared, as they tried to make it harder for students not to buy through the store. But as you said-- students are clever. There too, students resell books to each other at a better rate than through the store. It was pretty easy to figure out the ISBN # from the title and edition. If there was any question, they just emailed the professor who typically quickly responded. Only time there was an issue was with either a brand new edition that hadnt been released yet or a book/manual prepared by the professor that had to be bought through the school bookstore.</p>
<p>I agree, its lousy that B&N witholds the ISBN #s, but hey-- they are a business, and I suspect it was part of their contract with each college when they took over the management of the bookstore.</p>